Department of Human Services Archives

One in Seven Dwellings Within City of Yarra Now Public Housing

April 6, 2011 Marc Pallisco affordable housing, Atherton Gardens, commission flats, Department of Human Services, Fitzroy, public housing, richmond, social housing

FOURTEEN per cent, or one in seven dwellings within the City of Yarra council zone is now allocated as public housing.

According to council, there are 5039 public homes out of 35,960 dwellings within the council area – which encapsulates inner-city suburbs of Abbotsford, Carlton North, Collingwood and Clifton Hill.

This compares to mid-2006, when 4923 dwellings (or 13 per cent of homes) were allocated as public housing.

The number of social dwellings is set to surge within the council area – and throughout metropolitan Melbourne and Victoria – according to agents, architects, builders and planners who agree a commission flat building-boom is starting.

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Palms Motel Footscray Sells For $3.2 Million

November 4, 2010 Marc Pallisco affordable housing, commission flats, Department of Human Services, DHS, footscray, Melbourne Motel Sale, public housing, social housing, tourist accommodation

THE Footscray motel which was until recently to have become Melbourne’s next commission flat complex, has sold to an investor for $3.2 million, and is expected to be re-opened as a hospitality business.

On a 2985 square metre block at the corner of Geelong Road and Catherine Street, the former Palms Motel is near Victoria University, central Footscray and the Maribyrnong River.

The Department of Human Services which is increasingly leasing hotel and motel rooms and facilities to satisfy its growing public housing waiting list, had co-ordinated a lease for the Palms Hotel.