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Dressed for success
Danielle Richardson and her daughter Olivia, 10, wearing the Western Bulldogs dress which has been handed down through their family.
A special Western Bulldogs dress has been passed down through four generations of a family. Wyndham’s Danielle Richardson said her grandparents – including her Nana Dorothy, aka Dot - lived in West Footscray all their lives. They instilled a fondness for the Bulldogs in their seven children and grandchildren. “I spent my childhood growing up at the Whitten Oval and now my daughter shares the same love,” Mrs Richardson said. Mrs Richardson said that a friend of her grandmother’s found some Bulldogs-themed material and sewed a dress for Dot during 1976. Dot hoped to wear the dress to the MCG if the Doggies made the grand final. Sadly, Dot passed away nine years ago. However, Mrs Richardson promised her Nana that she would one day wear the dress to a Bulldogs grand final – which she did in 2016. “It was a very emotional day but I’m so glad I was able to keep my promise.” Five years on, and her own daughter, Olivia, 10, will wear the dress while watching 2021’s grand final. Turn to page 6 for more Doggie tales.
Big social housing boost A $49.03 million plan to build 111 new social and affordable residential properties in Wyndham has been announced by the state government. Minister for Housing Richard Wynne said last week that the government would invest almost $740 million in community housing across Victoria under its Big Housing Build, in partnership with private and philanthropic organisations. The plan includes a proposal to construct 42 new homes in Truganina with agency Women’s Housing Limited, in a project worth
$17.77 million. There are two separate projects planned for Werribee, a $14.48 million site consisting of 34 homes and a $9.46 million site consisting of 18 homes. Tarneit will get 17 homes under a $7.32 million initiative. The exact addresses of the homes will not be revealed as some of the tenants will be family violence escapees. Haven Home Safe (HHS), which owns and manages more than 3000 social affordable homes across Victoria, has partnered with the state government to deliver the Tarneit project and 34 homes in Werribee. HHS will contribute $12 million towards
the construction of these properties. The non-profit’s chief executive Andrew Cairns said that the Tarneit site was already being constructed with an expected finish date of 2022. Construction is expected to begin on the Werribee abodes before the end of the year. Mr Cairns said both the developments would include a mix of “high-quality” two and three-bedroom townhomes. He said the projects were expected to create up to 350 jobs, both directly and indirectly. Mr Cairns said that in terms of demand for community housing, there were presently more than 1000 single people needing a one-bedroom home in Wyndham, plus more
than 200 couples and 380 single parents needing a two-bedroom home across Tarneit and Werribee. “As Melbourne moves west, there is a growing housing affordability crisis in the city of Wyndham with the median price of a two-bedroom home now at $420K and median rent at $320per week for a two-bedroom unit,” he said. “Singles on JobSeeker earn $620 per fortnight. “Even if two singles shared a two-bedroom unit, they would be spending about half their income on housing, leaving very little for cost of living expenses.”
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