Public Housing Residents Want Air Conditioning

PUBLIC housing residents in an award-winning estate, in Shepparton, are resorting to sleeping outside, because their homes are too hot.

One resident of the Channel Estate in West Shepparton described the temperature of their homes as being “like a microwave” – often 10C to 15C hotter than outside.

The Dennis Family Corporation  development won an award for excellence in the Urban Development Institute of Australia in the best affordable development category, the Herald Sun reports.

Community Housing Limited manages the project, and told residents to contact the social housing provider, should they have a problem.