Thursday, 1 August 2024

Constituency questions

Laverton electorate

Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (14:48): (730) My question is for the Minister for Consumer Affairs. Just a few weeks ago I was ecstatic to hear the announcement that our government is currently developing new reforms and protections for the residential parks industry. As the minister knows, my electorate is home to two villages that are categorised as residential parks, and these are Palm Lake Resort in Truganina and Ingenia Federation Village in Albion. I have had the pleasure of meeting with residents of both villages on many, many occasions over the years and could speak here all day about the wonderful communities there, including folks like Neil and Carmel from Palm Lake and Anne from Federation Village. In turn they have shared with me many of their own experiences and challenges with where they live, from things like exit fees to the maintenance of shared facilities and so much more. These issues are things that residents across the state have been advocating for, including the Manufactured Homes Owners Association (Victoria), led by the incredible Judy Duff, who I have met on several occasions. Not only has our government listened, but we are acting. So my question is this: how will these proposed reforms benefit residential parks like Palm Lake and Federation Village in the electorate of Laverton?