More than 100,000 Victorians sought help from homelessness services in 2022, while more than 30,000 people in the state are homeless on any given night.
Of the 30,605 Victorians who were homeless on census night 2021, 418 were in Greater Shepparton.
During Homelessness Week, Ms O’Keeffe met with service provider Wellways Australia at its Shepparton office, where staff members had banded together to craft 450 paper houses.
Strength in numbers: Six thousand paper homes on the steps of Victorian parliament.
It was part of an initiative that saw 6000 paper homes laid on the steps of Victorian parliament.
The 6000 paper homes represented the number of houses in the state needed to be built each year to address the growing housing crisis.
You can visit the Wellways display of tiny origami houses at its office at 79B Wyndham St, Shepparton.
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