Western Victoria Region
Bev McARTHUR (Western Victoria) (12:57): (1737) My question is to the Minister for Housing and Building. A constituent has raised with me that two units in a public housing block in Geelong West have sat vacant now for many months. One is boarded up with no sign of repairs, and it is alleged the department even evicted the squatters from it. Minister, these are public assets, and we face a housing crisis, with soaring public housing waiting lists and thousands of Victorians in urgent need. If Labor cannot build enough homes, the least they should do is manage the existing ones properly. So, Minister, how many public housing properties in my electorate of Western Victoria Region are currently vacant, how many of them are boarded up, what is the average length of vacancy between tenancies and when will these two units in 1A Lawton Avenue be returned to full occupancy?