UPDATE ON PUBLIC HOUSING IN MELBOURNE
By Cara Eyers What’s Happening? A week before his resignation, then-Premier Dan Andrews announced a sweeping set of reforms to public housing. These plans will shift public land into private hands, and relocate people at the largest scale in our state’s history. With no consultation, communication or prior notice given to the residents. Despite this […]
Apartment living is the new norm, but our laws aren’t up to scratch
More and more Melburnians are living in apartments – but our laws aren’t keeping up. That’s why I, along with other Greens MPs, ran an ‘apartment living’ survey to hear from people who live in apartments. Thank you to everyone who shared with us what you love about your community – and what needs to […]
The Fight To Save Public Housing In Victoria
It’s been almost two years since the Victorian Labor Government announced plans to demolish all 44 of the public housing towers in Melbourne. In this time community, housing advocates, public housing residents and the Victorian Greens have mobilised to fight this demolition.
GREENS CALL FOR BIPARTISAN SUPPORT TO MAKE HOUSING A HUMAN RIGHT IN THE VICTORIAN CHARTER
Today the Victorian Greens are calling for bipartisan support to make housing a human right in the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities (the Charter). The Victorian Greens will introduce their Human Rights and Responsibilities Amendment (Right to Housing) Bill 2025 in the Victorian Parliament this week, which adds the right to adequate housing […]
Save Public Housing: Fitzroy BBQ
After the Greens reached more than 2000 signatures on their petition to stop the demolition of public housing, they held a BBQ at Atherton Gardens (in Fitzroy) to celebrate with residents
Rent Freeze Now!
Rent freeze now! Renters are at breaking point. A report this week from Better Renting found once again that renters are cutting back on essentials just so they can pay the rent.
GREENS WELCOME RENT REFORM, RENEW CALLS FOR RENT FREEZE
The Victorian Greens welcome new rent reforms that will ban no reason evictions, cap bonds and force landlords to provide evidence for bond claims, but say that the Victorian Labor government needs to make unlimited rent increases illegal if they really want to support renters. After years of pressure from the Greens, the Victorian Labor […]
Homes Victoria: Stop pressuring Richmond Public Housing Residents to leave their homes
Gabrielle de Vietri speaks in Parliament about Homes Victoria pressuring Richmond Public Housing residents to leave their homes
GREENS RENEW CALLS FOR RENT FREEZE AS LABOR GIVES RENTERS MORE BREADCRUMBS
The Victorian Greens have renewed calls for a rent freeze
GREENS SLAM LABOR FOR ANNOUNCING NEXT PUBLIC HOUSING DEMOLITION BEFORE GIVING ANY EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY THE FIRST TOWERS
The Victorian Greens have slammed the Victorian Labor government for announcing the next public housing towers to be demolished, just days after claiming they had no evidence to back up the demolition of the first towers