2 McKye Street in Waverton was one of the first properties acquired by Lower North Shore Community Housing Association in the mid-1980s.鈥�
Originally built as lodgings for the Navy, the complex sat dormant for three years before being renovated by the Department of Housing and passed on to be managed by the Community Tenancy Scheme.鈥�
Ann has lived in her home for 33 years, watching the suburb of Waverton change around her. The old Gasworks is now a residential estate, the local businesses have changed ownership. But thanks to the stability of community housing, Ann has been able to stay put.鈥�
鈥淭he reality is, there鈥檚 no way that I鈥檇 be able to live in the real world if I didn鈥檛 have this place,鈥� Ann says. 鈥淭o my children, this is home. This is the first time we felt secure, we felt stable. Just a nice community, with a much brighter future than I felt before.鈥�
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