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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Luke Henriques-Gomes Social affairs and inequality reporter

Victorians escaping family violence waiting six months longer for public housing

A general view of the Alfred Street Public Housing complex in North Melbourne
Ballooning wait-times for public housing in Victoria are forcing victim-survivors a ‘to make an impossible choice between being homeless and violence’, says Tania Farha, chief executive of Safe and Equal. Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Victorians escaping family violence are now waiting a year-and-half on the public housing waiting list, after average times blew out by a further six months.

While the government has embarked on a major social housing construction program, advocates say they are gravely concerned by new figures showing waiting times are still going backwards for the most vulnerable people in the state.

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