As Homelessness Week reached its end, state Member for Shepparton Kim O’Keeffe highlighted the urgent need to address homelessness.
“There are hundreds of people urgently waiting for housing across the district,” Ms O’Keeffe said.
“Everyone deserves a home.”
More than 100,000 Victorians sought help from homelessness services in 2022, while more than 30,000 people in the state are homeless on any given night.
Of the 30,605 Victorians who were homeless on census night 2021, 418 were in Greater Shepparton.
During Homelessness Week, Ms O’Keeffe met with service provider Wellways Australia at its Shepparton office, where staff members had banded together to craft 450 paper houses.
It was part of an initiative that saw 6000 paper homes laid on the steps of Victorian parliament.
The 6000 paper homes represented the number of houses in the state needed to be built each year to address the growing housing crisis.
You can visit the Wellways display of tiny origami houses at its office at 79B Wyndham St, Shepparton.