Retain Repair Reinvest: The Fight To Save Victoria's Public Housing
Posted 05.05.25
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There are currently over 60,000 people on the waitlist for social housing in the Australian state of Victoria.
It's a figure that already far outstrips the supply, but experts predict demand for social housing will soon explode under the state government's plan to gradually demolish and replace the State's 44 existing public housing towers and additional walk-up buildings with new community housing estates by 2051.
Leading the conversation is design and research practice OFFICE, who believe the prioritisation of new community housing buildings - over the renovation and expansion of existing public housing - will increase homelessness in Victoria and be costlier to the taxpayer.
This is the basis of its 'Retain Repair Reinvest' strategy, outlined in this article by Amelia Barnes.
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