City Limits - September Housing Update

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Federal intervention into the Victorian ALP, and so Kevin kicks off the show with an on-the-ground perspective of events that led to formalised factionalism within the ALP.Later, Howard Marosi from Friends of Public Housing joins Kevin and Meg to give us a comprehensive update on housing in Victoria. Topics discussed:Keating's recent calls for "public housing" (here and here), despite historically privatising funding for public housing, and cutting it by $70,000 (from 7.1% down to 5.2%) during his time in powerThe Victorian Government announces an extension of rent relief and assistanceThe Australian Greens plan to build 100,000 public houses in VictoriaPrivate Community Housing group Housing First being given another Balaclava Carpark by the Port Phillip Council, as well as $22M by the State Government to develop (here). Rents drop in Melbourne and Sydney CBDs over the past yearAustralia Post chief executive and the delivery of Pauline Hanson stubby holders to locked down towers in July (here)