🏠 Housing & planning
Large public/social housing build: where the parties stand
Fund a major expansion of public or social housing? Here's what every decoded party in the 2026 Victorian election has said, with sources.
For: Labor, Greens and Vic Socialists. Not mentioned by: Lib/Nat, One Nation, Legalise Cannabis, Animal Justice, Libertarian, Shooters, Fishers & Farmers, Family First and Sustainable Australia.
👍 For
Labor supports this
$860m over five years for the Social Housing Growth Fund, plus 25,600 homes built with the Commonwealth and reserved for first-home buyers.
Source: Victorian Government, Victorian Labor
Greens supports this
Build 88,000 public homes, starting with $4bn. Opposes demolishing the 44 public housing towers.
Source: Victorian Greens
Vic Socialists supports this
150,000 new public homes.
Source: Victorian Socialists
👻 Ghosting
Not mentioned in anything we reviewed for 2026: