Housing crackdown

Villers-Brettenoux and Robinvale connection story. From left, Swan Hill Rural City Council councillor John Katis with Robinvale RSL sub branch president Brian Handreck at the War Memorial Park. Picture: Louise Donges
Sunraysia Daily

SWAN Hill Council has called for the community’s help to crack down on accommodation overcrowding in the Robinvale region. Yesterday it launched a campaign to clean up rooming houses in the region in a bid to protect tenants. The issue of overcrowding in Robinvale’s backpacker accomodation came under the microscope last month in the lead up to […]

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