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作为对愤怒的居民的回应，Ryde council将至少花费7万元开展一项行动以减少非法的分租屋，相信麦考里大学的11，000名海外学生中很多住在里面。
在一个叫Marsfield反居住窒息(MARS)的居民组织的大量活动后，周二council通过一项动议，治理那些非法的分租屋。
Ryde区的自由党议员Victor Dominello说尽管他关心住在那些拥挤的出租屋中学生的福利，周边居民的居住环境受到了威胁。
“明显的特征就是花园无人打理，纱窗脱落，鞋子到处都是”
过去15个月，Ryde councile调查了225起可疑分租房，对其中的70%采取了行动。
根据市政府发言人的说法，在该市内只有一个合法的学生分租房。
拥有11，000名海外学生的麦考里大学只提供了1800个住所给所有的学生。
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/counci ... -20100505-uas9.html
Council warns of crackdown on crowded student boarding houses
May 6, 2010
A Sydney council has voted to stamp out crowded, illegal boarding houses accommodating university students in Sydney's northern suburbs, after action was taken against 150 such dwellings in the past 15 months.
Responding to an angry campaign by residents, the City of Ryde will spend at least $70,000 on a project to reduce the number of illegal boarding houses, believed to be accommodating many of the 11,000 overseas students at Macquarie University.
The crackdown comes amid a campaign by the National Union of Students for universities to respond better to the shortage of affordable accommodation.
The council passed a motion on Tuesday to tackle the illegal boarding houses after a campaign by the residents' group Marsfield Against Residential Suffocation (MARS).
The Liberal MP for Ryde, Victor Dominello, said while the welfare of students in overcrowded rental properties was his main concern, the ''house-proud'' appearance of the neighbourhood was under threat.
''The tell-tale signs are the gardens are unkempt … you go up to the front gate and the flyscreen is coming off its hinges … there are shoes all over the place,'' he said.
Mr Dominello said he wanted the state government to overturn the recently introduced affordable rental housing policy which made it easier to open legal boarding houses in residential areas. The council refused an application for a legal boarding house last week.
But local Labor councillors, who believe the crackdown is overly harsh, said allowing legal, regulated boarding houses in the area was a good way to combat the problem.
A Ryde councillor, Gabrielle O'Donnell, said boarding houses had long existed in the area and the campaign was becoming divisive, with residents wrongfully accusing neighbours who kept untidy properties. ''One Asian resident has been reported to the council on a number of occasions suspected of operating an illegal boarding house … This gentleman has lived in the area with his family for a number of years,'' she said.
The City of Ryde investigated 225 suspected boarding houses in the last 15 months and took action in 70 per cent of cases.
According to a council spokeswoman, there is only one legal boarding house in the local government area.
Macquarie University, which has about 11,000 international students, only provides about 1800 dwellings for its entire student body.
A spokeswoman for the university said it would co-operate with the council.
The National Union of Students recently released a survey that found 66 per cent of university students in Australia were suffering from rental stress.
It called on governments and universities to improve student living conditions. |
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西澳Perth - 尖峰石阵 - 粉湖 - 自然之窗 八日游 (2018-3-11) gfarmer 
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