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The high cost of housing is causing immense stress and harms Australia

16 September 2025 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The unsustainable cost of housing, which is still rising, is central to rising poverty across Australia. It even effects middle Australia struggling with paying mortgages and rents, approaching the point where the […]

Destruction of public housing continues in Victoria

14 July 2025 Editor 0

By Joe Montero The Victorian government is continuing with the plan to demolish 44 of the state’s high rise public housing towers and is doing so under the cynical cover of expanding what it calls […]

Housing crisis cannot be solved with token social housing and on feeding market failure

17 September 2024 Editor 0

Contributed The federal government has now approved grants for the construction of thousands of rent-capped and social homes, which is supported by its $10 billion housing fund established one year ago. Housing Minister Clare O’Neil […]

The rise in corporate monopoly power is a big factor the housing cost crisis

6 August 2024 Editor 0

This article was written for Fair Go For Pensioners by its Victorian President Joe Montero While Australian policy makers continue to pretend the nation’s housing woes are about the lack of properties to satisfy the […]

Plan to destroy public housing is being fought by residents

18 July 2024 Editor 0

Contributed Melbourne’s high rise public housing tenants are fighting the Victorin government’s plan to forcefully demolish their homes. There has been no consultation, and most of them, 20,000 out of 30,000 will be thrown out […]

The cost of housing crisis is still here and waiting for an answer

4 December 2023 Editor 0

Contributed Saying that its in the interests of most people for something rea l to be done to fix the cost of housing crisis is a no brainer. So, we must ask why so much […]

Labor’s response to the high cost of housing is a disappointment

26 September 2023 Editor 0

Contributed I am disturbed to hear that the Albanese federal government continues to pretend it is doing something about creating affordable housing, while doing the opposite. If there is one thing confirming this, it is […]

Australia wants the government to bring in rent control

1 September 2023 Editor 0

By Jim Hayes An essential poll has just revealed that three quarters of Australia believes that rents should be capped or frozen until economic conditions improve. This stands at odds with the political elite of […]

Call for a super profits tax to provide affordable housing is gaining support

17 August 2023 Editor 0

By Joe Montero “People know something’s wrong. They know something’s wrong in their society when we have Commonwealth Bank recording over $10bn in profit while ordinary Australians are struggling to put a roof over their […]

Call for a super profit tax to create affordable housing is on the mark

25 July 2023 Editor 1

By Joe Montero One of Australia’s biggest unions. The Construction Forestry Mining Maritime and Energy Union (CFMMEU) is launching a push for a major rise in government investment on affordable housing. The union’s national secretary […]