Rental squeeze means Wollongong's boarding house beds could double

Kate McIlwain
Updated May 15 2018 - 9:54am, first published May 14 2018 - 5:00pm
More beds: Developers have recently lodged plans for another three boarding houses in Wollongong's inner suburbs, located in Fairy Meadow (right) and Gwynneville (left images). Pictures: Georgia Matts.
More beds: Developers have recently lodged plans for another three boarding houses in Wollongong's inner suburbs, located in Fairy Meadow (right) and Gwynneville (left images). Pictures: Georgia Matts.

The number of people living in boarding houses in the inner suburbs of Wollongong could more than double if all proposals currently in the works get approved.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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