--- title: "Housing: motions (Victorian Legislative Council, 14 August 2024) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported a motion that the Victorian Legislative Council note concerns about the demolition of public housing towers in North Melbourne and Flemington and call for residents' right of return to be guaranteed. Passed 18 to 15 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 14 August 2024. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-08-14/4" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 14 August 2024 · [Housing](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=housing) # Housing: motions Voting yes supported a motion that the Victorian Legislative Council note concerns about the demolition of public housing towers in North Melbourne and Flemington and call for residents' right of return to be guaranteed. Passed **18** yes **15** no The question put That this house: (1) notes that: (a) the Victorian Labor government has recently signed a $100 million contract with John Holland for the demolition of five public housing towers including three in North Melbourne and Flemington; (b) hundreds of residents remain living at these three public housing tower sites, many of whom do not want to leave their homes and communities; (2) acknowledges that the demolition contracts have been signed without residents receiving any commitment from the government about their right of return to public housing; (3) recognises that Labor: (a) has signed these demolition contracts without any plan for what happens next or any guarantee that public housing will be rebuilt at each site, in order to forcibly evict residents from their homes using a legal pathway; (b) has used this tactic to evict public housing residents before, including at Barak Beacon where residents fought the government to remain in their homes but were eventually evicted; (c) is treating public housing residents in these high-rise estates with contempt which has left many residents feeling deeply distressed about their future; (4) notes with concern residents’ reports that they hav ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 13 no 13 members - No [Enver Erdogan](https://politics.computer/mp/enver-erdogan) - No [Gayle Tierney](https://politics.computer/mp/gayle-tierney) - No [Harriet Shing](https://politics.computer/mp/harriet-shing) - No [Ingrid Stitt](https://politics.computer/mp/ingrid-stitt) - No [Jacinta Ermacora](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-ermacora) - No [John Berger](https://politics.computer/mp/john-berger) - No [Lee Tarlamis](https://politics.computer/mp/lee-tarlamis) - No [Lizzie Blandthorn](https://politics.computer/mp/lizzie-blandthorn) - No [Michael Galea](https://politics.computer/mp/michael-galea) - No [Ryan Batchelor](https://politics.computer/mp/ryan-batchelor) - No [Sheena Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/sheena-watt) - No [Sonja Terpstra](https://politics.computer/mp/sonja-terpstra) - No [Tom McIntosh](https://politics.computer/mp/tom-mcintosh) - Liberal All yes 9 yes · 0 no 9 members - Yes [Ann-Marie Hermans](https://politics.computer/mp/ann-marie-hermans) - Yes [David Davis](https://politics.computer/mp/david-davis) - Yes [Evan Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/evan-mulholland) - Yes [Georgie Crozier](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-crozier) - Yes [Nick McGowan](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mcgowan) - Yes [Renee Heath](https://politics.computer/mp/renee-heath) - Yes [Richard Welch](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-welch) - Yes [Trung Luu](https://politics.computer/mp/trung-luu) - Yes [Wendy Lovell](https://politics.computer/mp/wendy-lovell) - Greens All yes 3 yes · 0 no 3 members - Yes [Aiv Puglielli](https://politics.computer/mp/aiv-puglielli) - Yes [Katherine Copsey](https://politics.computer/mp/katherine-copsey) - Yes [Sarah Mansfield](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-mansfield) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes [David Ettershank](https://politics.computer/mp/david-ettershank) Legalise Cannabis - Yes [Rachel Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/rachel-payne) Legalise Cannabis - Yes [Gaelle Broad](https://politics.computer/mp/gaelle-broad) Nationals - Yes [Melina Bath](https://politics.computer/mp/melina-bath) Nationals - Yes [Georgie Purcell](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-purcell) Animal Justice Party - No [David Limbrick](https://politics.computer/mp/david-limbrick) Libertarian Party - No [Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/rikkie-lee-tyrrell) One Nation - Yes [Samantha Ratnam](https://politics.computer/mp/samantha-ratnam) Party not recorded Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. 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