Rents must be frozen and the housing-price casino has to be shut down, starting with the tax rorts. Tax incentives should be available only for building new housing that adds to existing stock, argues Renfrey Clarke.
Public housing
Socialist Alliance Councillor Sarah Hathway聽is standing for re-election in Corio Ward, which includes some of Victoria鈥檚 most socio-economically disadvantaged suburbs. Sue Bull reports.
A coalition of grassroots housing groups launched a national petition campaign聽which aims to involve unions in defending and extending public housing. Kerry Smith reports.
Renfrey Clarke argues that migrants are, unfortunately, the easy-to-blame scapegoats for a system that has lacked the vision and ability to provide聽affordable housing.聽
Judy Mundey, a long-term campaigner, told a Save Greater Sydney Coalition protest that she doubts Labor鈥檚 pro-developer rezoning plan聽and that public housing聽is no more an extravagant concept than聽public health care and public education.
91自拍论坛鈥檚 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.
The Antipoverty Centre's Kristin O'Connell spoke to 91自拍论坛's Isaac Nellist about solutions to counter worsening poverty and homelessness.聽
Twenty one housing justice groups, from across the country, organised a national 鈥淗ousing is a Human Right鈥 day of action, coinciding with International Human Rights Day. Rachel Evans reports.
Housing activists have organised a 'Housing is a Human Right'聽national day of action on December 9, reports Isaac Nellist.
Merri-bek councillor Sue Bolton believes聽councils can and should play a role in defending and extending public housing. Jordan AK reports.
Around 70 residents crammed into a room at the Flemington Estate to discuss the Victorian government鈥檚 plans to demolish all 44 high-rise public housing flats. Sue Bolton reports.
Andrew Chuter argues we need a similar approach to聽the Gough Whitlam government which, in the 1970s, bought 200 homes in Woollomooloo and 700 properties in Glebe and converted them to public housing.
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