Western Metropolitan Region
Trung LUU (Western Metropolitan) (12:56): (378) My constituency question is for the Minister for Housing. Today I speak on behalf of one of my constituents who has been waiting over six years for a supported housing unit. This constituent is one of the most vulnerable in my community. He is 43 years of age, with cerebral palsy. He was assessed as needing priority access because of his disability, and his 76-year-old mother can no longer assist with his medications and living standards. His application for supported housing was approved back in 2017. I have a letter here from the Footscray housing office dated 8 March 2017, stating approval, with special requirements, to be placed on the priority housing register. But more than six years after being approved, supported housing has not been offered. This is unacceptable. I ask the Minister for Housing: how much longer does my constituent have to wait for a home to be approved, after six years?