Community Leaders to Help Drive Innovative Homelessness Solution
Source: Tasmania. Minister for Health and Human Services
Two highly respected Tasmanian community leaders will help drive the State Government’s plans for a Common Ground approach to tackling homelessness. The Minister for Health and Human Services, Lara Giddings, today said Hobart businessman Hank Petrusma will Chair Common Ground Tasmania – the organisation responsible for establishing the program in Tasmania. “Mr Petrusma is a respected and well-known business leader with a long standing interest and commitment to the housing sector in Tasmania,” Ms Giddings said. “The experience gained from similar Common Ground projects interstate and overseas has shown that strong ties with the business community are integral to ensuring the project’s success – Mr Petrusma will provide us with this important link.