July 10, 2012 The Tenants’ Union of Tasmania is taking court action against Housing Tasmania, claiming the department is evicting people unfairly. The union says five public housing tenants have been evicted, or are about to be evicted from their properties, without formal reasons or an opportunity to appeal against the decision. It has approached Housing […]
June 11, 2012 by Duncan Kennedy A project helping homeless in a Sydney suburb is claiming impressive results, by challenging the notion that people living on the streets need to find the help themselves. Are we helpless when it comes to the homeless? It seems that many countries and societies don’t know how to solve […]
June 5, 2012 The State Government’s ‘three strikes’ housing policy has led to almost one eviction a day from Homeswest properties. The three strikes policy for Homeswest tenants came into effect a year ago in response to public outcry over the explosion of a clandestine drug lab in public housing. Figures now show since the […]
May 7, 2012 PUBLIC housing may be financed by securities, bonds or private public partnerships under a radical overhaul being considered by the state. Victoria’s $17.8 billion public housing portfolio is falling deeper into operational debt and will have exhausted all its cash reserves by the end of this year. In response, the state government […]
Published in Thursday February 1st, 2007
In Reports
Thematic reports: Report with practical and operational tools to promote, monitor and implement the human right to adequate housing, including the Basic principles and guidelines on development-based evictions and displacement
Mission reports: Australia
Comunications report
Published in Friday January 26th, 2007
In Reports
This report has the summary of communications sent and replies received from following Governments: Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea Equatorial, India, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Federation, The Sudan, Turkey, Zimbabwe, and other actors like United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. In the context of his mandate, the […]
Published in Monday August 28th, 2006
Pictures of the mission to Argentina held between 2006 July 31th to August 15th. To access our flickr to see all photos of the mission, click here. To get more information about this country, click here to access this page on our site.
Published in Wednesday August 23rd, 2006
In News
(23 August 2006) The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari, concluded his visit to Australia on 15 August 2006.
Published in Friday July 28th, 2006
In News
(28 July 2006) The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari, will undertake a visit to Australia from 31 July to 15 August 2006, at the invitation of the Australian authorities.
