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Barak Beacon public housing estate in Port Melbourne
Estate residents continue to campaign on Homes Victoria’s plan to relocate them, demolish and redevelop the estate and the lack of clear advice on their future housing security.
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Barak Beacon public housing estate in Port Melbourne
Homes Victoria now have an office on the estate with a revolving door of relocation workers. Residents are getting invitations put under their front doors to come and have a chat. The chat participation rate is very, very low.
Read MoreVictorian Government’s affordable housing levy
The Victorian Government has introduced legislation to parliament for a new Social and Affordable Housing Contribution (SAHC) provision.
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Public housing tenants came together to improve their housing
Late last year I welcomed the state government’s new program to have structured consultation with public housing residents in Flemington and North Melbourne through the Pave the Way Forward Program (PWFP).
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COVID outbreaks
The government’s response has not been police-led as with last year’s lockdowns – a welcome change! They are meeting with communities in online sessions and there is organised support with food and other resident needs.
Read MorePublic housing – the best way to solve our housing crisis
When the Victorian parliamentary Inquiry into the Public Housing Renewal Program (PHRP) handed down its report on June 5, 2018, it advised there were 36,742 applicant households on the Victorian Housing Register (VHR) made up of 57,077 adults and 24,622 children – a total of 81,699 at the end of March 2018.
Read MorePublic housing residents’ voices have to be heard
Deborah Glass, the Victorian Ombudsman, investigated the state government’s lockdowns of high-rise public housing in Flemington and North Melbourne last year and came to the conclusion that residents’ human rights had been violated.
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City-focused travel vouchers finally land
Protestors silenced by council laws
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