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RENOVATING 20 SOCIAL HOMES BEFORE CHRISTMAS - CAN IT BE DONE? · The Real Estate Show

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  Speaker 1: Well, Cam, you would have of course read about this.
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  Speaker 2: Really interesting and cool proposal that was sort of came
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  Speaker 2: out through the week. I guess, a proposal to renovate
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  Speaker 2: twenty Canbra vacant social homes before Christmas to help people
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  Speaker 2: who need it, who need to get into a home,
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  Speaker 2: because there's lots of those, isn't there. So we thought
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  Speaker 2: we'd find out a bit more about this proposal, how
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  Speaker 2: it came about, and sort of where it's all up to.
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  Speaker 2: And Johnny Warren is directing our sales team leader and
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  Speaker 2: auctioneer at Johnny Warren Properties.
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  Speaker 1: Johnny, good morning, How are you?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, very well, thank you. How are you guys?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we're great, Thanks so much for coming on the
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  Speaker 2: show and we're stoked to be able to be talking
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  Speaker 2: to you about this.
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  Speaker 1: Tell us what you're proposing to do here.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, look after the Viny sleep out, we are, you know,
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  Speaker 3: after we digested everything, we decided to you know, let's
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  Speaker 3: go a step further. Let's get twenty people before Christmas
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  Speaker 3: that are doing it hard living out on the streets
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  Speaker 3: into housing. So twenty houses before Christmas, and you know,
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  Speaker 3: get people off the streets.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, and what kind of houses and what are you
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  Speaker 1: looking to do with them?
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  Speaker 3: What we're trying to do is, you know, the houses
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  Speaker 3: that are sitting there vacant. You know, we've got a
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  Speaker 3: whole heap of people behind us to you know, do
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  Speaker 3: all the maintenance work, paint, carpet or just clean the
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  Speaker 3: houses and just get them ready in a quicker time
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  Speaker 3: frame to get people in there.
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  Speaker 1: And so why is this important to you?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? Well, look, you know, I've experienced homelessness first time myself,
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  Speaker 3: so you know, being able to help people in you know,
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  Speaker 3: those needs and you know, it's just one of those
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  Speaker 3: things that is just close to my heart and I'm
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  Speaker 3: in a fortunate position now where I can you know,
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  Speaker 3: raise the awareness a bit more and it's just very
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  Speaker 3: important to just be their first hand and be able
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  Speaker 3: to help people. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. And who else is sort of helping with.
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  Speaker 3: This, Yeah, Joe Farrell, We've got Tom Emerson, Joe Whitfield,
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  Speaker 3: and you know there's over one hundred and eighty seven
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  Speaker 3: people that have put their hand together to be out
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  Speaker 3: there and you know, lend their support and you know,
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  Speaker 3: it's just been very overwhelming and it's just amazing to
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  Speaker 3: see the community get together and want to help firsthand.
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  Speaker 2: Jeez, that's a lot of I know, this sort of
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  Speaker 2: only came to light at the beginning of the week,
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  Speaker 2: so you've got well over one hundred and fifty people
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  Speaker 2: that have all sort of jumped in and ready to go.
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  Speaker 3: Johnny, we do, we do. And I didn't expect it
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  Speaker 3: to blow up so much as what it has. But
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  Speaker 3: I had to turn my phone off for a few
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  Speaker 3: hours yesterday. I just thought I could have a little
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  Speaker 3: bit of peace and quiet. But you know, at the
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  Speaker 3: end of the day, it's not about me. It's about
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  Speaker 3: raising awareness and just helping people out in the community.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and what happens from here, Like, what's the next
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  Speaker 1: step with this?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, look, we've got a few more, let's just say,
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  Speaker 3: hurdles to jump over. But you know, we're working together
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  Speaker 3: with Act Housing to I used to secure these houses
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  Speaker 3: through government, and we're going to organize a meeting next
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  Speaker 3: week with them. We have one on Tuesday. And look,
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  Speaker 3: it's getting it's getting closer. I feel like we're going
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  Speaker 3: to get this across the line.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, Well, we'll cross our fingers and toes for you
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  Speaker 2: that that happens. Because the fact that you've so many
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  Speaker 2: people have rallied for this. It'd be so great to
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  Speaker 2: see it happen.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely yeah. I hope, I hope we do get it
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  Speaker 3: across the line. And I just want to say thank
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  Speaker 3: you to everyone that has, you know, put their hands
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  Speaker 3: up to help, and you know, it's just it's just
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  Speaker 3: truly amazing. Once the community gets together and people start
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  Speaker 3: talking about it, it's just it's just an amazing thing,
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  Speaker 3: and just all the support that we've got, it's just yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I just I'm just very grateful.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it must be so heartwarming. Absolutely well, Johnny, thank
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  Speaker 2: you so much. We hope to chat to you about
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  Speaker 2: this again. Keep in touch and let us know how
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  Speaker 2: it all goes, and we'll speak to.
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  Speaker 1: You again soon.
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  Speaker 3: Excellent.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks guys, Johnny Warren from Johnny Warren Properties. There you
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  Speaker 2: can learn about it more online. But we'll see what
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  Speaker 2: ends up happening, I guess,