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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Miriam Webber

Decision to approve community housing 'broader than us', YWCA says

YWCA CEO Frances Crimmins welcomed the government's decision. Picture: Karleen Minney

A decision by the ACT planning minister to approve an Ainslie social housing development with controversial powers will carry weight for organisations trying to prop up a shortfall of more than 3000 social houses in the territory, the YWCA says.

The organisation on Wednesday learnt that its second development application for nine supportive housing units on an Ainslie block had been approved, over a year after it submitted its first proposal for the site.

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