2022 State Election: Questions for Candidates in the Carrum and Frankston Districts
Sources:
- Carrum: https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/vic/2022/guide/carr
- Frankston: https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/vic/2022/guide/fran
- South Eastern Metropolitan Region (Upper House): https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/vic/2022/guide/seme
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RE: your views on homelessness
Many people are unable to find adequate accommodation in the City of Frankston. Too many sleep rough and the municipality has an especially high number of rooming houses, many of which are unsafe, inappropriate and expensive.
The State Government has allocated no ‘big build’ affordable housing funds to Frankston, yet at the same time requires surplus land that might be suitable for crisis housing to be sold at market value.
- What will you do about the homelessness crisis and housing affordability, if elected to represent us?
- Will you press the government to fund low-cost units, well-served by public transport and close to all services and employment opportunities, for low-income persons and families?
- Will you commit to substantially increasing public housing in Victoria?
- Will you advocate for making funds available for municipalities and not-for-profit organizations to enter the low-cost housing market by buying private rooming houses or building new ones?
- Will you advocate for making surplus government land available to community and social housing providers at no cost to provide crisis housing in the form of tiny-house or bungalow parks with communal facilities and social, health and psychiatric support?
- Specifically in regard to this, would you support making the Overton Road/Farrell Street/Frankston-Dandenong Rd site available for this purpose at no or nominal cost? (Map Reference)
- Will you advocate for changing legislation to enable house owners to have a bungalow or tiny house for rent in their back yard?
- Will you advocate for the inclusion of low-cost accommodation in conjunction with car-parking (and perhaps other uses), in LXRA suburban railway station redevelopments? Would you also support such development at Frankston station, instead of the presently proposed single-use multi-storey car park?
- Will you help raise awareness of local homelessness in your campaign material?
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
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Solidarity with homeless people and those at risk of homelessness.
Coalition Members:
- St. Anne’s Parish Social Justice Group
- Seaford Community Committee
- St Vincent de Paul Mt Eliza Conference Social Justice Group
- Residents of the Seaford Beach Cabin Park