richmond Archives - Gabrielle de Vietri

UPDATE ON PUBLIC HOUSING IN MELBOURNE

Gabrielle stands in front of the Fitzroy public housing towers

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

Two white women sit in an apartment drinking tea

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 community has rallied around cohealth

Senator Steph Hodgins-May, Gabrielle de Vietri MP and Cllr Sophie Wade stand outside cohealth in Collingwood

cohealth’s announcement in late October that they had to close their GP and counselling services by the end of the year caused panic, alarm and concern for many in the community. cohealth’s centres in Collingwood, Fitzroy and Kensington are a literal lifeline for some of our most vulnerable citizens, their closure will cause immense suffering. […]

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.