Evidence given on Monday by Victorian Minister for Housing Harriet Shing at the Yoorrook Justice Commission is the epitome of “all care and no responsibility”. The Yoorrook Justice Commission heard that 17 per cent of Aboriginal people living in Victoria […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 22nd September, 2023 This article is in response to Labor’s Housing Package, which can be found here. RAHU supports the principles of protecting renters’ rights. The principles of this proposal take some positive steps toward this. However, […]
HAFF’s Unclear Path On the 11th of September, the Greens announced that with an extra $1,000,000,000 of ‘direct investment’ into social housing – The Social Housing Accelerator – they would support Labor’s ‘Housing Australia Future Fund’ (HAFF). Labor’s HAFF will […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 8 July, 2023 RAHU would like to make a statement of unconditional support for the Save Barak Beacon campaign. Below is the unedited media statement released by the group. Activists have taken up residence in the disused homes […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 25 June 2023 On 9 February 2023, the Albanese Government introduced the Housing Australia Future Fund bill (HAFF), a bill intended to increase access to affordable and social housing. The HAFF seeks to create an investment fund […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Saturday 29th of October, while protesting multiple and severe breaches of tenancy law at the Brunswick offices of property manager Walshe & Whitelock, a RAHU member was threatened with death and other violence by a local […]
25/10/2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Housing Budget Breakdown: Housing Development Funding Labor’s 2023 Budget announces a newly formed Housing Accord to build one million new homes to begin in 2024, including constructing 10,000 affordable homes over a five-year period. This is […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | 28/06/2022 Following the 2022 federal election, RAHU emphasises the responsibility of the Albanese Government, and the Minister for Housing, Julie Collins, to address Australia’s ongoing housing crisis. Neither wages nor welfare are meeting the rapidly increasing […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 20/05/2022 On the eve of the Federal Election, the Renters and Housing Union reaffirms our demand for a National Housing Policy which addresses the current housing crisis. RAHU reaffirms the need for a Federal Government to: […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30.03.2022 With 90% of our members experiencing anxiety over finding money to pay rent well before the recent cost of living increases, this ‘relief package’ is patronising and disastrously short-sighted. The Government has claimed to address spiralling […]
