Mornington electorate
Chris CREWTHER (Mornington) (14:52): (308) My question is to the Minister for Consumer Affairs. What is the Andrews Labor government doing to bolster the inadequate number of rooming houses and protections for rooming house tenants on the peninsula and beyond? Mornington constituents have contacted me, interested in the outcome of the Commissioner for Residential Tenancies’ call for submissions and what measures the Andrews government is adopting to rectify issues raised by rooming house tenants. The lack of rooming houses and protections and social housing generally has also been raised with me by Peninsula Voice, Mornington Community Support Centre, the shire and others. Peninsula Community Legal Centre’s Open the Door report shows poor conditions continue to be a live issue in rooming houses and that tenants are continually vulnerable to profiteering and exploitation. With peninsula public housing stock having declined by a net 13 dwellings over the last eight years, the Ranch Mornington bordering on closure and the cost-of-living pressures reaching breaking point, what investment and protections are being instituted by the Andrews government for rooming houses and beyond?