program that was announced last year and will fund 12,000 new social and affordable homes over four years.The government spokesman confirmed there had been 19,000 placements in the hotel programDuring the peak on the state’s second lockdown, Launch was housing 2500 people in hotels. It had 520 people across 46 hotels on Wednesday, which included new cases and those who have been waiting to be moved into a home since last December.
“What’s really challenging, is every time there’s a lockdown, we’re instructed to ramp up housing [for] rough sleepers and placing them into hotel accommodation and then, as soon as the lockdown is over, we get told, ‘okay, now you have to start holding off on paying for that’,” he said. She said the naming of the COVID-positive women’s occupation was leading other sex workers to fear being targeted or further stigmatised.
Victoria is embarking on the biggest investment in public housing seen in decades. There is no balance in this reporting - as usual more Vic bashing. Meanwhile back in NSW government failures abound.
I bet the homeless hope Covid-19 and lock downs go on for ever. How about DAN you spend some money on fixing that problem than digging holes in the ground costing billions over budget 🥜
We can add this to the long list of Andrews government failures.
Terrible - taxpayers should provide luxury accommodation for as many nights as they need it (as long as they pay the mini-bar themselves).
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