Labor MPs accused opponents of the demolition plan of spreading disinformation during inquiry hearings. But those who have been opposing the plan have not made any false accusations. They have been saying that:
Read More
The Victorian Parliament is conducting an inquiry into the government’s plan to demolish the public housing towers in Melbourne.
Read More
Last month’s state government budget did not commit new money for the Big Housing Build program, despite the crisis affordability crisis growing in Victoria.
Read More
Australian Greens and Socialist candidates supported public housing becoming central to solving very low to moderate income households’ housing affordability crisis.
Read More
The Victorian Government is pressing on with demolishing two more towers at the Flemington estate.
Read More
These two towers were emptied out more than two years ago, with Homes Victoria stating the sewerage lines were not repairable.
Read More
The City of Melbourne has provided me with the resources to record podcasts and videos of residents living with the threat of eviction under the state government’s plans to demolish all 44 high-rise public housing buildings across metropolitan Melbourne.
Read More
Last month we saw another round of reports on how desperate things are for households searching for affordable, secure homes in regional Victoria.
Read More
The fantastic team at not-for-profit architectural and urban design research organisation Office has completed a third study demonstrating that public housing should not be demolished but renovated and expanded to ensure a supply of affordable housing in Victoria at lower cost to governments.
Read More
This was the headline in a recent The Age article on the human rights class action being taken by public housing residents living in Melbourne’s towers.
Read More
Public land where public housing could be built is still being sold off to private developers.
Read More
Justification of the demolition of public housing in Victoria has mentioned creating new, “affordable” housing in redevelopments.
Read More