Public housing ban on people with drug records likely to do more harm than good, research tell us
- Written by Kev Dertadian, Lecturer in Criminology, Western Sydney University
The New South Wales government plans to ban people with a history of drug offences from living in social housing in parts of inner-city Sydney. The desire to provide an environment that helps people who are trying to minimise their drug use and stay away from drug markets is understandable. The reality is there is no evidence that this is what the...