Gippsland South electorate
Mr D O’BRIEN (Gippsland South) (14:46): (6538) My question is to the Minister for Housing, and I ask: what action is he taking to deliver additional social housing and also assist in the private rental housing market in my electorate of Gippsland South? This week I was contacted by a constituent who had been told by a private real estate agent that two-bedroom rentals averaged $900 a fortnight in her town, and her maximum disability support pension payment is only $1026. We have investigated further some local areas. In Leongatha there are currently just six rental properties available. So I seek from the minister, noting his answer in question time: what social housing is being provided under the government’s Big Housing Build program in the Gippsland South electorate, and indeed what action is he taking to ensure there is more availability of private rental housing—not just fairer rules for tenants but more availability and affordability—in Gippsland South?