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4 October, 2025
Workers get digs to live and stay local
A NEW housing project will help attract and keep workers in St Arnaud to support local industries.
A NEW housing project will help attract and keep workers in St Arnaud to support local industries.
Ballarat-based organisation Elmstone Property Group is set to construct an eight-unit housing complex on Grey Street.
Group director Stuart Benjamin said this housing will work to help regional suppliers deliver solutions to worker housing shortages.
“I was driving into town today and was trying to look up how many properties were available for rent in St Arnaud,” Mr Benjamin said.
“There’s actually none.
“It’s projects like these that will help bring more people to town and help support the business owners who may be struggling to get staff because of the lack of accommodation in town.”
The project will construct eight one-bedroom self-contained units with additional shared facilities.
The State Government’s support for the project is part of a $47 billion investment in just over a decade to drive economic growth and make Victoria’s regions even better places to live, work, stay, experience, invest and study.
“I remember when I first got into government in 2022 and visited St Arnaud for the first time, I was told then that the town needed more housing,” Ripon MP Martha Haylett said.
“This means local workers can live where they work and businesses can finally secure the staff they need.
“It will boost local economy and keep jobs and families in rural Victoria.”
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