Rooming houses' awful dilemma

Rooming houses' awful dilemma

Regulators are faced with the dilemma of allowing non-compliant rooming houses in order to avoid people sleeping on the streets, according to an alarming Dandenong West Community Action Group report. A Dandenong West resident reportedly told of 20 people crammed into a three-bedroom house with one toilet. “There were bunks in the lunchroom. They can’t go to the toilet, so they s*** the newspaper and wrap it up.” However, council officials faced …