A bushfire victim who had been living out of a caravan on his Mount Albert property has been gifted a temporary home.
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Robert Maddern lost his cottage, farm equipment, motorbikes and sheds in early 2020 in the Green Valley fire. "Everything I owned was destroyed. All my life in ashes," he said.
Habitat for Humanity Victoria delivered a temporary home to Mr Maddern and his friend Dudley Graham this week as a part of their Build Back Bushfire Recovery Housing program.
The new home is one of three that have been built from shipping containers for bushfire affected families to live in for up to three years whilst they rebuild their home.
"I'm really grateful for the support of the community, I've had a lot of help from people since the fires," Mr Maddern said.
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The program has been supported by the Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation, who have fully funded the initiative.
Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation chief executive Catherine Brown said they are "delighted" to be able to provide the funding.
"We worked with Habitat for Humanity to help them imagine how they could translate their expertise in low income housing to the context of disaster response and recovery," she said.
"It has been wonderful to see how Habitat for Humanity has been able to deliver these units to families even with the additional difficulties of COVID.
"The design and the work that's gone into these units is remarkable and will provide comfort to families recovering from this traumatic bushfire event."
