Rally: Stop the privatization of public housing.

Saturday, December 8, 2012 - 14:00

Saturday, December 8

Protect, defend and extend public housing. Public housing is a hallmark of a civilised society and its commitment to those have experienced trauma and great hardships, the marginalised, economically disadvantaged and the vulnerable. The Baillieu government and Housing Minister Wendy Lovell are attempting to privatise public housing and give greater power to non-accountable and non-transparent housing associations. These bodies are not accountable to the people and communities they claim to serve; they constantly discriminate, deny people their most basic human rights and continually cherry-pick those who they provide housing to. Their attempts to limit the tenure of public housing tenants is a callous and calculated attack on some of our most vulnerable and marginalised citizens. 2pm. Parliament House steps, cnr Spring & Bourke Sts, City.