Housing
Sonja TERPSTRA (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (10:21): I rise to talk about the absolute pleasure I had a few weeks ago of visiting the recently completed housing development in Lusher Road, Croydon, with Minister for Housing Harriet Shing. The development features 137 new social and affordable units, which will give up to 250 people on the Victorian Housing Register a place to call home. More than 60 households have already moved in, including the wonderful Joy, who we got to tour her lovely unit with and to hear her amazing story. The Croydon site is the largest development to be completed under the Social Housing Growth Fund for around 3300 new social homes across Victoria. The new one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom homes are modern and energy efficient, meaning renters will be warm in winter and cool in summer while saving on their power bills. The site also features a communal garden and courtyard, a secure basement car park and bicycle spaces, and it is in walking distance of the local shopping plaza and Eastfield Park. But not only that, it is in really close proximity to Swinburne TAFE, and I know that many people who are living in these new, beautiful homes will be able to access the many things that Croydon has to offer.