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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos and Stephanie Convery

‘It makes no sense’: Victorian government urged to reconsider sale of dozens of properties

Social housing estate in Collingwood, Melbourne
Social housing estate in Collingwood, Melbourne. Victoria’s government says 44 properties it owns will be sold rather than developed into social housing. Photograph: Common State/PR IMAGE

The Victorian government has ruled out converting a swathe of residential properties it owns on a rail corridor in Melbourne’s south-east into public housing, despite calls from advocates to use the land to help vulnerable people.

About 44 homes, townhouses and apartments in Carnegie and Murrumbeena, which the government acquired during level crossing removal works, are being prepared for future sale, according to the Department of Treasury and Finance website.

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