Housing and Homelessness
“A single investment of this scale has not been seen in many decades, if ever. It’s a gamechanger.”
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The REIV need to pull their heads in and retract this misguided, callous and dangerous directive.
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This is public health decision, and we don't quibble with that. But we need to get this right.
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A Big Build To End Homelessness would stimulate the economy and put a roof over those most in need.
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The Victorian Government has unveiled an impressive though imperfect list of minimum standards for rental properties
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VCOSS and NATSEM analysis reveals there is not a single pocket of Victoria that is poverty free
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Victoria’s peak social advocacy body has welcomed Victorian Labor’s pledge to build 1,000 new public housing units if re-elected.
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Victoria needs an ambitious social housing building program to provide a roof to those most in need.
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VCOSS has welcomed the Victorian Government’s Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Plan - a comprehensive and multi-faceted response to a
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VCOSS is outraged the Victorian Parliament has blocked the construction of new public housing planned for Melbourne’s east.
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The Federal Government is abandoning good faith negotiations with Victoria over homelessness funding and risking the wellbeing of thousands of
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The Victorian Government has delivered a big win for renters, putting fairness back at the centre of the state’s tenancy
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Victorian wages are failing to keep pace with skyrocketing rents, costing tenants thousands of dollars each year, a VCOSS study
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Victoria’s peak social advocacy body has given qualified support to a State Government plan to make it easier for renters
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The Victorian Council of Social Service has applauded the establishment of a new $1 billion Victorian Social Housing Growth Fund.
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Victoria’s peak social advocacy body has warned not all Victorians are benefiting from the state’s social and economic growth, and
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The 2016/17 Victorian Budget includes welcome measures to support people facing disadvantage and hardship, while leaving scope for further initiatives
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Melbourne being named the world’s most liveable city by the Economist Intelligence Unit for the fifth year running fails to
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