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.

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. 

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?

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.

The Victorian Government plans to demolish all 44 public housing towers by 2050, displacing 10,000 residents. Learn the facts and take action NOW to stop it.

An SPHC member takes a closer look at how public and community housing is shrinking, southside in ‘Social Housing Envoy’ Josh Burns MP’s elecorate.

In March 2024, 12 community organisations and three councillors called on Premier Allan to halt the demolition of Melbourne's 44 public housing towers. They demanded an independent review of refurbishment, a guaranteed right of return for residents, and a formal apology.

SPHC condemns the Victorian Government's destruction of sacred Djab Wurrung trees and stands with the Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy and all First Nations peoples fighting for justice on their lands.

SPHC's 2020 submission urging the Ombudsman to widen its investigation beyond 33 Alfred St to all nine locked-down towers. It examines the police-first response, the lack of support for residents, and whether their human rights were breached.

SPHC's 2020 statement on the racial politics behind Melbourne's tower lockdown and public housing redevelopment. It shows how renewal programs displace diverse communities, shut out larger families, and deepen the privatisation of unceded land.

Released the day the towers were locked down, SPHC's statement condemns the police-led detention of 3,000 residents in Flemington and North Melbourne. It demands a care-based public health response instead.

SPHC's 2020 call to put public housing at the centre of Victoria's COVID-19 recovery. It asks the Government to refurbish vacant homes, halt the Renewal Program, stop selling public land, and strengthen protections for all renters.