Of means and ends
Redeveloping public rental housing and international human rights in Victoria, Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6414585 |
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| Authors | Kevin Bell (0000-0002-1909-0558, Monash University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 163-170 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Alternative Law Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1037-969X • E-ISSN: 2398-9084 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1037969x251356302 |
| OpenAlex | W4412104401 |
| Language | EN |
A large-scale redevelopment of public rental housing towers in Melbourne, Australia illustrates a worldwide problem. The development involves the demolition of over 44 towers and the displacement of over 10,000 people. Their housing and home rights under international human rights law were not taken into account by the government when it decided upon and began implementing the redevelopment. It has acted more like a private property owner than a government with human rights obligations. This has led to a legal challenge and a parliamentary inquiry through which the tenants and human rights defenders seek to hold the government to account
Business · Human rights · Political science · Project commissioning · Public housing · Publishing · Rental housing · Renting · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Public Administration
| Highly cited | No |
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