Laverton electorate
Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (14:36): (331) My question is for the Minister for Housing. Just two weeks ago our government unveiled its housing statement. This plan lays out the vision for what growth and development will look like in Victoria. This is something that greatly interests communities in my electorate. Firstly, it reinforces the notion that you cannot keep building outwards with suburban sprawl and that growth corridors, including ours in the outer west, cannot continue to bear the brunt of Victoria’s population growth. It sets our planning system towards a greater focus on housing affordability and housing choice, meaning more people can have the opportunity to live where they want to. Importantly, there is a litany of changes designed to strengthen protections for renters, something that is so important for people in my electorate. So my question for the minister is this: how will the changes in the housing statement benefit my community in the Laverton electorate?