Wednesday, 3 December 2025

 Will FOWLES (Ringwood) (16:00): (1444) My question is to the Minister for Housing and Building. The Premier has finally confirmed that 6400 dwellings have been completed across Victoria under the Big Housing Build. My question is: how many of these completed homes are located in my electorate? Ringwood continues to face very high rental stress, low vacancy rates and growing demand for local homelessness services. Residents want to know how much of this statewide program has translated into real completed homes in our community rather than projects that are only planned or under construction. Understanding the level of actual delivery in Ringwood is important for assessing whether local needs are being met. It is all very well having a very large scale housing building program, but if it is not delivering completed homes for people to live in, then the program itself is failing. My residents cannot live in a permit. They must be afforded homes to live in, and it is the responsibility of the government to deliver on their commitments.