Katherine Copsey MP stands amongst a group of volunteers holding pamphlets and clipboards in a park. There is a public housing tower in the background.

Stop the demolition: Save the 44 public housing towers

Public housing residents have the right to a safe, secure & affordable home.

But the Victorian Labor Government wants to demolish all 44 public housing towers in our state and sell off the land to private property developers for massive profits. 

This cash grab will kick 10,000 residents out of their homes, tear communities apart and make the housing crisis worse. 

There are more than 120,000 people on the public housing waitlist, and increasing numbers are experiencing homelessness. 

In a housing crisis we need to build more public housing, not demolish what we have. 

Most of the housing that developers will rebuild on these sites will be expensive private apartments, not affordable public homes. 

Economists, architects, planners and housing experts agree that Labor’s plan to demolish public housing is disastrous. The towers were built to last and residents are fighting to stay. 

WANT TO HELP STOP THE DEMOLITION?

Sign up to keep updated on our campaign and how you can help. Together, we can ensure that public housing residents have the right to a safe, secure & affordable home.

More Resources

Parliament Intern Report: Public Homes, Private costs – here

From Architects:

  • OFFICE Architects, Retain, Repair, Reinvest: Flemington Estate – here
  • C Barnett et al Architects, Comparative Retrofit Scenarios for 20-Storey Tower at Atherton Gardens, Fitzroy – here

From Residents:

  • Resident Frequency, The Three Tower Podcast Ep​.​4 Towers of Babel – here

If you are affected as a public housing tenantthese videos will help you know your rights (in Arabic, Oromo, Turkish, Tigrinya, Amharic, Somali, Tetum, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian)

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