16.02.2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 40 days out from the end of the eviction moratorium, we find ourselves back in Stage 4 lockdown. In six weeks’ time, most rent reductions will expire, rent increases and evictions will again be used against […]
8.12.2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE This morning RAHU has seen email evidence from Launch Housing stating they have decided hotel exits will be paused for “breathing space” until January 2021. RAHU welcomes this move, and acknowledges the bravery of frontline support […]
For immediate release: 30.11.2020 Under the clamour of the social housing and budget announcements last week, the government ceased the funding that provided security for the state’s most marginalised people. RAHU has seen communication from homelessness services and DHHS briefs […]
24.11.2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Renters And Housing Union strongly supports an increase in housing supply, but not at the expense of public resources. In today’s budget speech, Treasurer Tim Pallas announced the Victorian Government will “help renters by providing 50% […]
For immediate release: 17 November 2020 RAHU welcomes the Andrews Government’s commitment to investment in social housing. With over 100,000 Victorians on the public housing waiting list, this announcement is overdue. We are concerned, however, that the announcement does not […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 15 October 2020 The Renting in the Time of Covid Report, released today by the AHURI, captures a bleak but accurate snapshot of renters’ situation in Australia. Financial hardship was a strong, consistent theme across all responses. […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07.10.2020 The Federal government has the capacity to provide “unprecedented support”. Instead, the rich get tax cuts, the public sector remains scrapped and our future is mortgaged. Millions of renters are now unemployed, in insecure work and […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24.09.2020 Today’s cuts to Jobseeker and Jobkeeper will hit renters hardest. RAHU has emerged as a vital grass-roots organisation to support renters and those in precarious housing throughout the pandemic, but we are about to see huge […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07.09.2020 In response to the government’s road map for Victoria released on Sunday, the REIV has recklessly instructed its members to “refuse” instructions from the State Government to negotiate in “good faith”. RAHU urges the government to […]
Download Full Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03.09.2020 BREAKING: Eviction Ban Extended signals the road ahead for affordable housing The Renters And Housing Union (VIC) welcomes the recent announcement of the COVID19 Legislation extension to March 2021. We are relieved that […]
