Author Archives: VPTA
Defining Affordable Housing
For many years the term “affordable housing” has been used and abused. Is expensive housing [...]
Chairperson’s Bulletin No. 4 – 2017
New Board Members Earlier this year, the VPTA welcomed a new Board Member to [...]
Transcript of Minister Foley at PAEC
On 31 May 2017 the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing, Martin Foley appeared [...]
Policy Confusion on Watsonia Grove
Over the last 18 months the Victorian Public Tenants Association has been talking a lot [...]
Less Talking – More Building
In Victoria, we are great at setting targets for increasing public housing supply. But when [...]
This tenant fought for her rights – And won.
With such limited resources, the VPTA generally can’t offer direct representation in Tribunal hearings. [...]
VPTA WELCOMES BUDGET SPENDING ON PUBLIC HOUSING
The Victorian Public Tenants Association has welcomed increased spending on public housing in this year’s [...]
Chairperson’s Bulletin No. 3 – 2017
What the VPTA Stands For: Earlier this year, the VPTA Board decided there was merit [...]
Chairperson’s Bulletin No. 2 – 2017
New public housing delayed The former Huttonham Estate (Preston) was demolished a few years ago [...]
A flurry of housing policy announcements.
Over the last weekend we saw four new housing policy announcements from the Victorian [...]