Public housing
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- Housing crisis
Coalition claims housing fund has built zero homes. Labor says they are delivering
Hundreds of homes have been completed with work under way on thousands more across the country.
- Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
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‘Classic Daniel’: How the ex-premier’s housing gambit created Labor schism
Daniel Andrews’ final promise was pitched as visionary urban renewal, but it has left many Labor figures livid, deepening tensions over the state’s housing future.
- Royce Millar and Rachael Dexter
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- Affordable housing
House fires disproportionately kill public tenants
Six of 44 people who died in preventable house fires over five years were public housing tenants, despite the homes being a tiny fraction of Victoria’s housing stock.
- Rachel Eddie
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New renders reveal details in planned public housing towers
The government-appointed architect has pushed back on criticism aired in The Age that the Carlton tower designs are inferior to the existing buildings.
- Rachael Dexter
Planning tick for bigger complex of ‘affordable’ units in affluent Perth suburb
An apartment building in Nedlands has been successful in its bid to boost unit numbers by more than a third.
- Claire Ottaviano
It’s the first glimpse of Melbourne’s future public-housing tower designs. Here’s what architects say
The planned redesign of two high-rises in the city’s inner-north has been described as a big step backwards by one expert.
- Rachael Dexter
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- Property prices
What is considered ‘affordable’ housing – and who decides?
We accept the constant calls from politicians at every level for more affordable housing, without a nationally agreed upon standard or definition.
- Courtney Kruk
Public housing tower tenants gain more time from being evicted
The class action case against the Victorian government over Labor’s plan to demolish public housing towers will extend into 2025. That gives tenants more time to fight their evictions.
- Rachael Dexter
Judge may force release of secret documents detailing decision to raze Melbourne housing towers
Meanwhile, the tenant leading the class action against the state has hit back at comments by Premier Jacinta Allan as “shameful”.
- Rachael Dexter
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