Urgent need for new housing, says MLA 14/5/2015

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PICTURE AND TEXT BY GEOFF VIVIAN

Back story: Albany is short of housing for its most vulnerable citizens, including the elderly.

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From the Great Southern Weekender May 14 2015, p3.

The state government demolished an old block of flats on this site about a decade ago, while Labor was in power, and apparently it took some time for the City to publish its new precinct plan for the area.

I was concerned I was giving the local member a free kick til I double checked, and realised Council adopted that precinct plan 18 months ago.

The present government gave him the free kick, I just did the reporting. 

Meanwhile the region has more than 120 people on the emergency housing waiting list, and the state government is yet to commit to building anything on this land, which it owns.

The new state budget includes $560 million to house vulnerable people this year.

From the Great Southern Weekender May 14 2015, p3.