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Building unions, Labor branches clash with state on housing towers demolition
Influential construction unions have joined more than 30 Labor branches in contesting the Allan government’s plans to redevelop Melbourne’s 44 public housing towers.
- by Kieran Rooney and Royce Millar
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Their housing estate was demolished. Here’s what happened to the final residents
Things Will Be Different tells the story of two of the final residents to vacate their homes ahead of a controversial public housing estate demolition.
- by Cher Tan
Opinion
Property market
Coalition’s super-for-housing policy would only help wealthier homebuyers
The Coalition’s plan to allow Australians to use their super for housing would disproportionately help wealthier people buy more expensive homes.
- by Brendan Coates and Joey Moloney
The spare-bedroom solution to the housing crisis
Australia’s housing crisis will worsen in coming years. Independent MP Allegra Spender has a simple plan to help fix it.
- by Rachel Clun
The suburb trying to avoid the fate of Docklands as towers shoot up
North Melbourne has long been gentrified, and its mixed-income residents have always co-existed, but a windfall of government and private investment could change that.
- by Najma Sambul
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Daniel Andrews
Public housing towers class action case dismissed, but judge throws lifeline
The legal fight against the demolition of Melbourne’s high-rise public housing towers has been dealt a major blow.
- by Rachael Dexter
Lucy has been on the public housing waiting list for decades. Down the road, homes sit empty
As the public housing waiting list continues to grow, locals in one suburb are perplexed by vacant state-owned homes in their area.
- by Najma Sambul
November 2023: Victoria failing to meet public housing targets
The state's public housing stock has increased by just 394 since 2018, despite a promise from the government to build 12,000 new homes by 2024.
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Architecture
The brutal reason why those who’ve bought into Sirius are so lucky
It was built to last. And that’s unlike the housing we’ve seen go up in the past 20 years. Sirius will stand forever. No cracks, except in the social fabric.
- by Jenna Price
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Derided towers were my home and my heartland
Readers respond to the push to stop the demolition of Melbourne’s public housing towers, and the latest political polling.
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The man behind the housing towers heritage bid grew up in them. To him, they’re no eyesore
Christopher Lee, who lived in the Lygon Street towers in Carlton, recalls spacious and light-filled rooms, bold architecture and fond childhood memories. That’s why he wants them protected.
- by Royce Millar