Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (12:50): Last week was Homelessness Week and a grim reminder of the desperate need for housing. I attended a number of events run by the Salvation Army, and the message was the same: homelessness statistics are rising and we simply do not have enough housing. We are in a housing and homelessness…
The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, has said that Homelessness Week is incredibly important to shine a spotlight on the urgent need for safe, secure housing and bringing communities together to raise awareness and to think about what it means to be homeless. “We know that every day of the year, people are…
As Homelessness Week reached its end, Kim O’Keeffe, the Nationals Member for Shepparton District, is urging the community to carry on the conversation and to tackle ways that we can address homelessness. “There are hundreds of people urgently waiting for housing across the district and my office is regularly contacted by local people in desperate…