The Liberal Speaker Sue Hickey has accused the state's public housing provider of prejudice, failing its vulnerable tenants and of being an unfit landlord.

Key points: Liberal Speaker Sue Hickey accuses Housing Tasmania of prioritising compliance above humanity

Liberal Speaker Sue Hickey accuses Housing Tasmania of prioritising compliance above humanity Ms Hickey calls for the state housing provider to be overhauled

Ms Hickey calls for the state housing provider to be overhauled She says the private sector can do a better job

In a last minute submission to the Tasmanian Parliament's housing affordability inquiry, Ms Hickey — who since being elected in March last year has proven to be a regular thorn in her party's side — said Housing Tasmania had forgotten the "human element" of providing public housing resulting in people being treated poorly.

"Prejudice it appears has crept into the Housing Tasmania organisation whose culture is one of compliance above humanity, compassion and solutions," she said.

Ms Hickey said Housing Tasmania, the state's public housing agency, should be completely restructured and downsized, saying "it does not deliver efficiently the services that it should".

She said the organisation was top heavy, non-responsive and overly bureaucratic.

"Far from having a service mentality, the Housing Tasmania organisation has become remote and unconnected with their client base."

The Speaker has previously advocated for public housing tenants living in a public housing complex in Hobart's northern suburbs describing their living situation as "hell."

Ms Hickey said the current $50 million public housing maintenance backlog, empty and boarded up houses and units, and waiting list of 3,200 were all evidence of poor management.

"It is apparent that we are wasting valuable taxpayer funds running the present model."

Instead, Ms Hickey said the State Government should transfer the balance of its Housing Tasmania managed housing stock to non-government organisations (NGOs) and church organisations.

NGOs already manage large numbers of social housing stock across the state.

"Most of the housing stock managed by these NGO's have been updated with modern kitchens, and bathrooms, which are not mouldy."

The State Government has been contacted for comment.

In June the full bench of the Supreme Court ruled against Housing Tasmania in June, determining long-term public housing tenant Gregory Parsons could not be evicted from his Glenorchy unit after his lease ended.

Mr Parsons claimed he had never fallen behind in rent, nor breached his lease agreement in any way.

Ms Hickey will appear before the House of Assembly's Select Committee on Housing Affordability on Tuesday morning.