New data shows a 63% surge in preventable deaths of homeless people because of critical shortages in housing and support services. Suzanne James reports.
Public housing
Housing activists gathered outside Homes Victoria to protest Victorian Labor’s plan to demolish 44 public housing towers. Darren Saffin reports.
While new research shows that social housing wait lists are rapidly growing, Victorian and New South Wales Labor are pushing ahead with demolitions despite community resistance. Rachel Evans reports.
Amid the biggest housing crisis in Australia’s history and public housing being sold off, the most vulnerable public housing tenants say they are now even more isolated. Suzanne James reports.
Victorian Socialists senate candidate Jordan van dem Lamb, also known as Purple Pingers, is the guest on the latest Green Left Show.
Labor can’t lead the fight for housing, because its policies have helped create the problem. Sam Wainwright argues that winning requires a vision for systemic change, including defending and extending public housing and strengthening protections for tenants.
Karyn Brown, Waterloo public housing tenant and activist, said New South Wales Labor’s plan to push ahead with the demolition of the Waterloo estate is “ridiculous”. Isaac Nellist reports.
Isaac Nellist spoke to Karyn Brown, a Waterloo public housing tenant and campaigner who has been leading the campaign to defend and extend public housing.
A new report found that an income of $130,000 a year is required to avoid rental stress, but Labor has no plan to address extortionate rents, argues Isaac Nellist.
One hundred and fifty public housing residents in the Waterloo South estate were just given eviction notices from Homes NSW, but many have vowed to fight back. Kerry Smith reports.
Two independent reports refute Victorian Labor’s position that knocking and down and rebuilding 44 public housing towers is the best option to achieve a mix of private, social and affordable housing. Darren Saffin reports.
Socialist Alliance preselected Rachel Evans to contest the seat of Sydney and a state-wide meeting on February 8 preselected Peter Boyle and Andrew Chuter for the NSW Senate. Jim McIlroy reports.
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