End this prison sentence

From the Rev Chris White.

IT strikes me as odd that we make people wait 12 years before they can escape living every day in one small room for which some pay £500 per month.

What kind of a prison sentence is this when hardworking people who are contributing to Jersey society are treated as second-class citizens?

Deputy Sean Power needs to tell us more about the internal investigation which gives an economic argument for keeping people in overpriced flats while denying them freedom to use their incomes for longer-term security.

I support the view of Senator Terry Le Main who is giving hope to people by reducing the quallies limit to ten years. The true cost of of a 12-year policy damages quality of life in an island scarred by the frustration of waiting.

I hope that when we read the detailed report in February about the implications of reducing the limit, we will make a compassionate decision and not a dispassionate economic one.

1 Blenheim Avenue,

St Saviour.