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RMIT Centre for Urban Research – Understanding Victoria’s Housing Statement (cur.org.au)

submitted 2 years ago by LineNoise@kbin.social to c/australia@aussie.zone

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This week the Victorian Government released its Housing Statement, outlining a number of large and small changes across the housing sector. From changes to planning laws, to the demolition of public housing towers across Melbourne some of the plans will have significant real-world impacts, but they may not all be beneficial.

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[–] LineNoise@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Figured better to link this page but the meat is in the linked PDFs. The critical explainer in particular doesn’t pull the punches.

Harm from displacement and community fragmentation: In the midst of a cost-of-living crisis, more than 10,000 people have just been thrown into a very uncertain future knowing that they will be displaced and their communities broken up. The harmful effects of displacement on health, wellbeing, social connection, and life opportunity are well known. Displacement of low-income communities is known internationally to cause serious harm and death.