The Andrews Labor Government will sell off public housing land to profit-driven developers in North Melbourne and several other locations.
Recent reporting in The Age found that this policy, as it stands, lacks transparency, diminishes public wealth, and actually reduces the number of public housing places. Meanwhile, the developers that will carry out the redevelopment projects are set to make millions of dollars in profit.
Victoria currently has 83,000 people on the public housing waiting list, with 25,000 of them being children, in need of secure, safe housing. Housing is a basic human right and governments must accept ...
The Andrews Labor Government will sell off public housing land to profit-driven developers in North Melbourne and several other locations.
Recent reporting in The Age found that this policy, as it stands, lacks transparency, diminishes public wealth, and actually reduces the number of public housing places. Meanwhile, the developers that will carry out the redevelopment projects are set to make millions of dollars in profit.
Victoria currently has 83,000 people on the public housing waiting list, with 25,000 of them being children, in need of secure, safe housing. Housing is a basic human right and governments must accept responsibility for housing the most vulnerable.
We are calling on the Andrews Labor Government to:
Email Victorian Housing Minister, Martin Foley and call on him to: