Western Victoria Region
Sarah MANSFIELD (Western Victoria) (12:48): (370) My question is for the Minister for Housing. The latest figures show that there are 6977 households in the priority ‘homeless with support’ Victorian Housing Register, VHR, category listed in the Barwon region’s broad bands. This is a dramatic increase from previous years, and whilst families are being forced into homelessness by increased cost-of-living pressures and skyrocketing rents, they are also being disadvantaged by insufficient increases to public housing stock across the region. In yesterday’s public hearing of the federal inquiry into Australia’s preparedness to host the Commonwealth, Olympic and Paralympic games, G21 CEO Giulia Baggio flagged that there is a need for approximately 6000 housing units to be built across the Barwon region. How many houses will be delivered in the Barwon region as part of the legacy housing funding for the now cancelled Commonwealth Games?