	{"id":122728,"date":"2025-10-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=122728"},"modified":"2025-10-26T11:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T00:20:10","slug":"calls-grow-for-social-housing-as-council-weighs-land-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/calls-grow-for-social-housing-as-council-weighs-land-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls grow for social housing as council weighs land sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IN THE past two years, Jessie Moore has moved seven times.<\/p>\n<p>Forced to leave their family home after experiencing family violence, the 20-year-old, who uses they\/them pronouns, has spent time living on the streets, in hotels and in share houses that nearly cost them their life.<\/p>\n<p>Now living in transitional housing provided by Meli, Moore is using their story to push for action on social housing.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, these advocacy efforts saw them acknowledged with the City of Greater Geelong&#8217;s Youth Inspiration Award.<\/p>\n<p>But living in limbo takes a toll.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you move so much in a short amount of time, you give up hope that it&#8217;s ever going to get better. I struggle with a lot of mental health stuff due to it, but I am hopefully that it will get better eventually,&#8221; Moore said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/10\/DSC08307-2_85690.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"579\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vigil held at the Norlane Community Centre this month featured a display of paper homes, each made by local advocates and people with lived experience in a bid to raise awareness for the desperate need for social housing in the region. Photo: ELLIE CLARINGBOLD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Access to social housing, they said, would give them stability.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would just help me heal from the things that I&#8217;ve had to endure due to not having stable housing. [I could] get back to doing what I love, studying and getting a job in a field that is going to be rewarding.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More than 5,000 households are on a priority wait list for social housing in the region. And as the wait for many drags on, Moore said, one young person dies every four days to homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, the City of Greater Geelong will meet to consider the future of two city-owned properties previously earmarked for social housing developments.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/geelong-council-pressed-to-prioritise-homes-over-debt\/\">the sites, in Bell Post Hill and Belmont, now face the possibility of being sold<\/a>, as the council looks for ways to drive down its debt over the next four years.<\/p>\n<p>In firm opposition to the land sales, the Real Deal Geelong Alliance held a vigil at the Norlane Community Centre this month in a bid to draw attention to the desperate need for housing in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_122861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122861\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-122861\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/10\/DSC08296-2-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/10\/DSC08296-2-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/10\/DSC08296-2-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/10\/DSC08296-2-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/10\/DSC08296-2-1536x918.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2025\/10\/DSC08296-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Those who attended last week&#8217;s vigil throw their paper houses into the air in a moment of unity ahead of next week&#8217;s council meeting, where the fate of two properties previously earmarked for social housing will be determined. Photo: ELLIE CLARINGBOLD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Moore was one of several people to share their stories.<\/p>\n<p>Another, a Norlane resident stuck living in a house that is falling down, is battling a lounge room that reaches 43 degrees Celsius in the summer months and asbestos in her laundry.<\/p>\n<p>And at 80 years old, she&#8217;s forced to continue working.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I want a real roof over my head, I need to maintain my status as it is. It&#8217;s not just the financial side that worries me, it&#8217;s also the psychological aspect,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The thought of not working in the future as I get really old, worries me. I have raised my own children myself \u2014 this is back in WA \u2014 paid my own taxes, so I feel I deserve some respite in my old age.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mine is just one story, just a drop in the ocean from the stories that are out there.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IN THE past two years, Jessie Moore has moved seven times. Forced to leave their family home after experiencing family violence, the 20-year-old, who uses they\/them pronouns, has spent time living on the streets, in hotels and in share houses that nearly cost them their life. 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