Residents of both Woombye and Lazy Acres Caravan Parks will be feeling relief today as the Minister for Housing, Tim Mander, announced neither caravan park will be sold.

On Tuesday Housing Minister Tim Mander announcement that the Monte Carlo Caravan Park will be run by a not for profit housing provider (but remain in state ownership) which, in return, will have to develop new social housing in targeted areas.

Today Minister Mander announced the same deal for the other two state owned parks that were to be sold.  Woombye Caravan Park on the Sunshine Coast and Lazy Acres in Torquay on the Fraser Coast are to be run by a not for profit housing provider after a select tender process.  This will bring some relief to residents of these parks who have been concerned what may happen to the parks if sold, as announced by the government last year.

Save Tenant Services congratulates the Minister on the decision not to sell these parks.