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No affordable housing in regional Victoria

No affordable housing in regional Victoria

November 27th, 2024 - Cory Memery

Last month we saw another round of reports on how desperate things are for households searching for affordable, secure homes in regional Victoria.

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No to the demolition of public housing

October 30th, 2024 - Cory Memery

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.

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Victorian Supreme Court Judge was startled!

October 2nd, 2024 - Cory Memery

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.

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Victorian Government continues the sell off of public land to private developers

August 28th, 2024 - Cory Memery

Public land where public housing could be built is still being sold off to private developers.

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Defining affordable housing in Victoria

July 31st, 2024 - Cory Memery

Justification of the demolition of public housing in Victoria has mentioned creating new, “affordable” housing in redevelopments.

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Is the Victorian Government delivering on affordable housing?

June 26th, 2024 - Cory Memery

The Victorian Auditor General’s Office (VAGO) has released a report on the state government’s planning of the delivery of “social housing” in recent years.

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Victorian Labor Party conference backs public housing demolition

May 28th, 2024 - Cory Memery

Just a few months ago the media was full of speculation about a division in the Victorian branch of the Labor Party over the proposed demolition of 44 public housing high-rise buildings in Melbourne.

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Public Housing demolitions – opposition getting bigger

May 1st, 2024 - Cory Memery

I reported in my column last month the Victorian Legislative Council had voted to conduct an inquiry into the decision of the state government to demolish all of 44 Melbourne public housing towers.

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Public housing demolitions are being seriously challenged

March 27th, 2024 - Cory Memery

The Victorian Legislative Council has voted to conduct an Inquiry into the decision of the state government to demolish all of 44 Melbourne public housing towers.

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What happens when government gives tax dollars to private housing investors?

February 28th, 2024 - Cory Memery

In Australia you get a crisis in affordability – private housing rents and home ownership – for millions of households and the homeless!

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