Mildura electorate
Ms CUPPER (Mildura) (14:42): (6522) My constituency question is for the Minister for Housing, and the information I seek is in relation to the government’s Big Housing Build. The rising cost of living is a big problem in the Mallee. One major issue for home owners is the high cost of rates, and a major issue for everyone else is being able to afford or even find a home in the first place. Across our electorate there is a chronic shortage of private rentals, affordable and public housing, and worker accommodation. We have been working collaboratively with the government on solutions to the crisis. Among various initiatives across our whole electorate, two of our LGAs were selected for the government’s Big Housing Build. The Mildura rural city LGA received $40 million and Swan Hill rural city LGA received $15 million. The information I seek is: how many houses from this fund have been built or commenced, and has Swan Hill Rural City Council been given the opportunity to make a submission about how the money should be divided between Robinvale and Swan Hill?