source : the age
At a home in The Gap, which is surrounded by trees and has curtains drawn, the gardens are overgrown.
With nearly a quarter-of-a-million money owed between them, Brisbane City Council moved one of the eight houses this week to buy because of underpaid rates.
A deceased property in Red Hill owes more than$ 64, 000, and some of its obligations date back a century.
On Tuesday, Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner addressed the government room,” There have been home users who have regularly not paid their charges, and it’s just not good on other taxpayers who do the right thing.”
He claimed that government officers had tried to talk to owners in man and had attempted to resolve the debt with court, but that in about 90 % of past cases, debts had been paid after a threat of sale was made.
” In the end, we discovered that whenever we go this action, the money mysteriously appears, and things start to get real.
We don’t take this step gently; we’re no dealing with a minor error.
The properties in Wakerley, The Gap, Red Hill, Ashgrove, Kelvin Grove, Albion, Darra, and Forest Lake are a mix of standing houses and flats.
The stage was supported by the Labor criticism.
In the end, everyone must give rates, fees, and charges, according to leader Jared Cassidy.
He added that government staff needed to make sure there were no speech impediments or other issues that could have caused unknowingly high rates.
For overdue charges of about$ 130,000, the government decided to sell nine homes in 2018.
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