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Housing
Options
Community
Housing
If you have been living rough your options of finding “suitable and
stable” accommodation may be in a community rooming house. A
community rooming house is one that is managed by a community
housing organisation but owned by the Victorian Government through
the Office of Housing.
Although
many of the rooming houses still follow the traditional rooming
house environment with shared facilities such as toilets, bathrooms
and kitchens. However, the Office of Housing is slowly providing
funding to convert rooming house accommodation to self contained
bed sitter or flat accommodation.
Community
housing organisations have waiting lists. You cannot expect to move
straight into a self contained unit but you will have to do your
time in a shared facility property. However, if you have long term
wish to live in the area it may be a quicker option than waiting
for Office of Housing accommodation.
Community Housing
Organisations
South Port
Community Housing Group
Location 259 Dorcas Street South Melbourne
Telephone 9696 1128
Port
Phillip Housing Association
Location Suite 6 22-28 Fitzroy Street St Kilda
Telephone 9534 5837
St Kilda
Community Housing
Location 2 Fitzroy Street St Kilda
Telephone 9534 1809
City of
Port Phillip Older Persons’ Housing Program
The City of Port Phillip Older Persons’ Program houses people who
are 55 years of age or older for lift access estates, 50 years of
age for walk up flats and 45 years of age if you are an Indigenous
Australian. A local residential qualification of three years
applies. Applicants need to meet the Office of Housing income and
assets eligibility.
Further
information can be obtained by contacting the City of Port Phillip
Housing and Information Services on 9209 6367 | 