Illawarra's social housing wait list among the longest in NSW

Kate McIlwain
Updated August 13 2023 - 10:31am, first published August 12 2023 - 11:00am
An image of public housing at Bellambi, with a graph showing NSW social housing wait times by region. Background image, file picture
An image of public housing at Bellambi, with a graph showing NSW social housing wait times by region. Background image, file picture

Illawarra and Shoalhaven residents who need social housing are waiting longer than people in all but one area of NSW, according to new figures released by the NSW Government.

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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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