Warrandyte electorate
Nicole WERNER (Warrandyte) (14:46): (568) My question is to the Minister for Housing. When can my constituent Melisa expect to receive a housing offer for her and her family? Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Melisa and her mother with the Shadow Minister for Housing, the member for Polwarth. Melisa is a champion. While she has cerebral palsy and epilepsy and is non-verbal, she always has a smile on her face and has a warm, infectious spirit. Melisa requires a lot of equipment to manage her cerebral palsy, including a wheelchair, portable hoist and walking frame, and needs an accessible home to accommodate this. Despite this, Melisa has had to wait more than 10 years on the public housing register – 10 years – and is still yet to receive a housing offer. It is shocking and outrageous that a family who should be the government’s first priority to help has had to wait more than a decade and is still waiting for an answer.