Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation says the development will help Indigenous women stay in the increasingly unaffordable regional city
The YWCA chief executive, Michelle Phillips, with the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation chair, Bec Philips, at the site of the proposed Burnayi Lurnayi housing development in Flora Hill, Bendigo.The YWCA chief executive, Michelle Phillips, with the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation chair, Bec Philips, at the site of the proposed Burnayi Lurnayi housing development in Flora Hill, Bendigo.
“We can build as much housing as we want but, if it is not built for women’s needs and responsive for gender, I don’t see how we’re going to solve the housing crisis,” Phillips said. The rental vacancy rate in Greater Bendigo is just 2.3%, which includes properties at all price points. According to theRodney Carter, the CEO of Djarra, says the lack of affordable housing locally makes it difficult for First Nations women to stay on ancestral lands.
Phillips says the partnership with Djarra started with a phone call and was born out of a joint understanding of the need for First Nations women’s housing.“There were a lot of workshops held and I think what was important was the first one was actually held on the land to talk about what was important for them,” she said.
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