Only 10 per cent of hotel homeless in permanent homes amid property shortage
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Just one in 10 homeless Victorians put up in hotels during the pandemic have been relocated to permanent homes, with Housing Minister Richard Wynne saying finding the right properties was a challenge, particularly in regional areas.
Homeless people disappeared from the streets within days in March last year after the state government paid to house them in hotels due to concerns of a COVID-19 outbreak among vulnerable rough sleepers unable to socially isolate.