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About 390 new dwellings are under construction at Eden Street and Princes Highway in Arncliffe.

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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Residents of housing commission flats in Fitzroy were evacuated after a fire on the sixth floor in 2017.

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
A new artist’s render of the replacement  red-brick Elgin Towers in Carlton.

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
95 Broadway (near) and 89 Broadway (far) viewed in context with neighbouring developments.

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
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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
A sticker on a Brisbane real estate agent’s sign delivers a silent protest over the cost of housing.

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 tenants, led by lead plaintiff Barry Berih, outside the Supreme Court.

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
The view from one of North Melbourne’s public housing towers.

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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