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Residents helping to create neighbourhoods After a long period of struggling with unemployment and escalating private rental costs, Wayne moved into his Housing Choices unit in Tasmania, 18 months ago. Other residents quickly learned he had an interest in gardening and as a group they decided to do something about the landscaping at the front of the building which was becoming too overgrown. The garden area is central to people’s movements in and out of their homes and as Wayne says: “People see things happening there. If what they see is good then it gives them pride and satisfaction. It gives good energy”. Wayne is now passing on his gardening knowledge to other residents who help maintain the area. “Not everyone is able to be physically involved and that’s fine”. Wayne says he is grateful to be able to beautify the garden. “I don’t know what I would have done had I not come here...”
I don’t know what I would have done had I not come here...
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