https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/melbourne-housing-tower-injunction-agains...




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In short:
Eviction notices have been paused for the remaining residents at three public housing towers due to be demolished in Melbourne's inner-north.

Homes Victoria says the delays will cost taxpayers millions of dollars each month.

What's next?
Lawyers for the remaining residents say they will take a class action to Australia's High Court, after it was thrown out by Victoria's Supreme Court last year.


About 32 households are thought to remain at a group of towers facing
imminent demolition in Flemington and in North Melbourne.

The towers — at 12 Holland Court, 120 Racecourse Road and 33 Alfred Street — are proposed to be redeveloped next as part of the state government plan to modernise 44 inner-city public housing sites to provide homes for more people.

‘’ The towers — at 12 Holland Court, 120 Racecourse Road and 33 Alfred Street — are proposed to be redeveloped next as part of the state government plan to modernise 44 inner-city public housing sites to provide homes for more people.’’

Read the new towers will be close together,
vertical slums.

Another thing to consider is the wasteful practice of building brick homes.

Houses can be built much cheaper using modern technology.

There are many interesting videos on YouTube showing the construction of plywood and foam houses and the building of such framing as is required using light timber.
There is no wall framing at all, except for some interior walls and that can be done away with by using lighter ply/foam panels.

I remember in the 1970s when a demo building was erected using aluminium/foam panels and no framing, official opinion was that the structure would be unsafe without framing; the company then set fire to the building and when the fire burned out, having melted and consumed all the foam, the structure was still standing.
But don’t expect cheap factory kit homes in Australia, as vested interests and the political party that champions the workers will see that it never happens.

The answer is so obvious!

There are two sides to the "Supply and demand" equation.

We do need to build more new houses AND we need to cut immigration for a few years until the supply - demand has stabilised.

Net migration in the 12 months to March 2024

(Source: ABS/IPA)

Migration as share of total population growth

(Source: ABS/IPA)


Talk about not seeing the bleeding obvious.