General News
19 September, 2024
Kealy calls for clarity on housing
A new homes project in Horsham designed to ease pressure on housing waiting lists has still not progressed, according to Member for Lowan Emma Kealy.
Ms Kealy has asked Housing Minister Harriet Shing when work will go ahead on a planned 31-home project at the former Toy’s Restaurant site in Stawell Road.
"Despite being labelled ‘shovel-ready’, it wasn’t until six months after development was due to start that the government actually acquired the land,” she said.
“We are now more than two years on from that, and still nothing has happened at the site, which is overgrown with grass and surrounded by security fencing.
“It is simply not good enough."
More than 230 people in Horsham are on the priority list for social housing.
Priority applicants include those who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, escaping domestic violence, or living with a disability or special housing need.
“Labor promised to deliver new social housing for Horsham, but that is now cold comfort for those who are still waiting for a roof over their head and safety for their family three years later," Ms Kealy said.