Social housing
Georgie CROZIER (Southern Metropolitan) (17:23): (173) My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers, Minister Blandthorn, and it is in relation to the allocation of disability housing. In 2021 the then Minister for Housing Richard Wynne announced a number of projects, 89 projects in fact, that he said would deliver over 2352 new social homes for Victorians who need them most and went on to say that the homes would be available to those most in need, including people living with mental illness or disability, people escaping family violence, Victoria’s First Peoples and individuals experiencing homelessness. I have been speaking with my colleague in the other place Mr Bull, who raised this issue with me. We were talking about it, and I wanted to raise it with the minister to get an understanding about how many of these homes that have been part of the government’s Big Housing Build have actually been constructed and been provided to those with a disability, because as I understand it, since 2018 the number of public housing residents is just 74 who have been provided for in this vulnerable cohort. So there are a number of questions in this around those people with a disability that have had homes allocated, and I hope the minister will correct me if I am wrong, but if it is more than 74, as I understand, that would be good to get that clarification. But the real action I am seeking from the minister is: with the Big Housing Build, when it is complete, how many homes will actually be allocated to those with a disability?