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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Ian Kirkwood

Call to reopen Stockton Centre and Tomaree Lodge as crisis accommodation

Stockton Centre Kate Washington Stockton Tomaree Lodge Rose Jackson Tim Crakanthorp Hunter Jenny Place
SHELTER FROM THE STORM: Labor parliamentarians Rose Jackson, Tim Crakanthrop and Kate Washington, with representatives of Jenny's Place, Nova for Women and Children and Hunter Tenants, at the Stockton Centre today. Picture: Simone De Peak

FORMER disability housing campuses the Stockton Centre and Tomaree Lodge should be repurposed to provide emergency accommodation for the homeless, say a group of Hunter welfare groups and NSW Labor MPs.

The opposition's spokesperson for Housing and Homelessness, Rose Jackson MLC, joined Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp and Port Stephens MP Kate Washington in making the call at Stockton today.

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