Public housing
Public housing tower works delayed as activists block tradies from site
A face-off on Monday morning in North Melbourne has set the scene for a week of resistance to planned demolition works on public housing towers.
- Rachael Dexter
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Residents in ‘most policed area of Perth’ enraged by minister’s response
Housing Minister John Carey was grilled about the complex in parliament on Wednesday as residents watched on and at times heckled from the public gallery.
- Hamish Hastie
‘Welcome to Crimewood’: Inglewood residents rally against public housing complex
Knife attacks, assaults and screaming into the night are just some of the issues faced by these locals who are fed up and demanding action.
- Rebecca Peppiatt and Yvonne Ardley
Crumbling facade, no balconies: The push to turn a ’60s concrete bunker into homes
The facade is falling away and the windows are tiny – this is a building that is showing its age. So, transport nerds, would you want to live inside the former VicRoads offices in Kew?
- Tom Cowie
- Analysis
- Australia votes
‘Pretty regressive’: Labor and Coalition housing policies explained
Grattan Institute housing expert Brendan Coates says new policies may help some people into the housing market, but a majority are still being left behind.
- Opinion
- Homelessness
I’m a 64-year-old finance professional … and I’m homeless
More Australians are finding themselves without a roof over their heads. For some of us, it’s a matter of life or death.
- John Coles
These murals honour Sydney’s hero of heritage. Will they be preserved themselves?
Murals depicting the Woolloomooloo community joining unions to save the historic area from development are fading. And not everyone wants them repainted.
- Julie Power
How housing, hope and, yes, even horses have shaped this suburb
It’s home to Australia’s most famous racecourse, but there is so much more to Flemington.
- Sophie Aubrey
Public housing residents vow to resist eviction after lawsuit thrown out
The state government plans to pursue for legal costs the tenant who led the class action against it.
- Rachael Dexter
‘Crushing demand’ for social housing as Victoria’s waiting list surges
Cost of living pressure is being blamed for the third consecutive quarterly increase to the number of Victorian families trying to get into social housing.
- Kieran Rooney and Daniella White
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