Stop the demolition

The Victorian election is on 28 November 2026.

Before then, MPs need to answer for the plan to demolish all 44 towers, displacing 10,000 residents, while 146 documents justifying it allegedly stay hidden.

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Read our latest campaign updates, resident stories, and the latest on the fight to save Melbourne's public housing.

News & Statements
When public housing is under attack, what do we do? Stand up – fight back!
Take Action, Public Housing Week
When public housing is under attack, what do we do? Stand up – fight back!
Take Action, Public Housing Week

Public Housing Week runs 4–10 October 2026. Join rallies, community events and legal actions as residents fight back against the demolition of Melbourne's 44 public housing towers.

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Take Action, Public Housing Week
Kudos to the ACTU for their Public Housing Push
Statements
Kudos to the ACTU for their Public Housing Push
Statements

SPHC commends the Australian Council of Trade Unions on their call for a massive increase in public housing supply, and for standard private rental lease periods to be increased to two years. 

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Statements
Where Do the Victorian Liberals Stand on Public Housing?
Analysis
Where Do the Victorian Liberals Stand on Public Housing?
Analysis

Shadow Housing Minister David Southwick says the Liberal Party "would not simply rubber stamp Labor's plan" to demolish Victoria's 44 public housing towers, but with the party's own history under the Baillieu-Napthine government, and no firm commitment to halt privatisation if elected, is this genuine opposition or just election-year positioning?

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Analysis
United Nations (UN) Blasts Labor’s Tower Demolition Agenda
Analysis
United Nations (UN) Blasts Labor’s Tower Demolition Agenda
Analysis

The UN has slammed Labor's tower demolition plan as a violation of the human right to housing. Homes Victoria's response? The usual talking points, and 146 hidden documents.

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Our Demands

  • Residents' rights and needs come first

    Public housing should be governed with residents, not around them. We're calling for a system that puts tenants' rights, voices and needs at the centre of every decision.

  • Significant increase in availability & quality of public housing

    Victoria's waitlist is long and growing. We're calling on the State Government to directly fund and build enough new public housing to clear it, and to ease overcrowding in existing towers.

  • Stop privatisation and redevelopment

    Public land should stay public. We're demanding an end to estate redevelopments, sales and transfers to community housing, with laws to keep every estate 100% public housing.

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About SPHC

The Victorian Government's High-Rise Redevelopment Program threatens to demolish 44 public housing towers across Melbourne.

We aim to provide comprehensive resources for residents, as well as the wider community, to engage with.

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Housing struggle has existed here since 1788.

Public housing in Australia is built on the stolen, unceded lands of sovereign Indigenous nations. The housing crisis for Indigenous people in Australia began in 1788.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung / Bunurong peoples on whose lands we live and work in the Save Public Housing Collective. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging as sovereign peoples of Country.

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