Public housing

Judy Mundey: ‘More public housing is needed now’

Judy Mundey, a long-term campaigner, told a Save Greater Sydney Coalition protest that she doubts Labor’s pro-developer rezoning plan and that public housing is no more an extravagant concept than public health care and public education.

Podcast: Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather: ‘Our aim is a mass party for ordinary people’

�鶹��ý’s Fred Fuentes and former GL editor Stuart Munckton spoke with Australian Greens housing spokesperson and federal member for Griffith Max Chandler-Mather about housing, Palestine solidarity, the nature of parliament and how the Greens are seeking to rebuild mass politics.

Kristin O'Connell and a public housing block in Melbourne

Anti-poverty campaigner: ‘Scrap Stage 3 and spend big on public housing’

The Antipoverty Centre's Kristin O'Connell spoke to �鶹��ý's Isaac Nellist about solutions to counter worsening poverty and homelessness.

Housing activists organise national day of action for public housing, rent controls

Twenty one housing justice groups, from across the country, organised a national “Housing is a Human Right” day of action, coinciding with International Human Rights Day. Rachel Evans reports.

Housing activists to take action across the country on December 9

Housing activists have organised a 'Housing is a Human Right' national day of action on December 9, reports Isaac Nellist.

Merri-bek councillors take a stand against demolition of public housing estates

Merri-bek councillor Sue Bolton believes councils can and should play a role in defending and extending public housing. Jordan AK reports.

Flemington estate residents fight to save their homes

Around 70 residents crammed into a room at the Flemington Estate to discuss the Victorian government’s plans to demolish all 44 high-rise public housing flats. Sue Bolton reports.

No demolition of public housing

Andrew Chuter argues we need a similar approach to the Gough Whitlam government which, in the 1970s, bought 200 homes in Woollomooloo and 700 properties in Glebe and converted them to public housing.

In Vienna, secure, affordable housing is not a utopian dream

While the Australian government looks for market solutions to the housing crisis, Austria's capital, Vienna, maintains a vast system of public and cooperative housing, which today accounts for more than 50% of the city’s housing stock, writes John Tully.