Victorian Minister for Housing

Victorian Minister for Housing

In the Victorian political system, the State Minister for Housing is a State Government cabinet position responsible for Housing. The Minister for Housing is responsible for the Office of Housing (formerly the Victorian Housing Commission); and is one of four state ministers responsible for the Department of Human Services (DHS).

The Housing Commission of Victoria was established in 1938. [ [http://www.infoxchange.net.au/rhchome/iurhc/s0302.htm "THE RELUCTANT LANDLORDS? A History Of Public Housing In Australia", David Hayward] ] . It's stated purpose of improving existing housing and to provide adequate housing for people of limited means (public housing). [ [http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/biogs/A001521b.htm Australian Science at Work Register, The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre, AustehcWeb, 2000-2007] ] The Commission ceased to exist in 1984, as it became the Office of Housing. "Housing Commission" remains the common colloquial term for public housing estates and developments in Victoria, particularly the inner city tower estates built in the late 1950s and 1960's by Liberal State Governments.

The Housing Commission towers were planned as as a major capital work solution to urban ghettoisation. These 20 storey towers loom over many of the inner suburbs in Melbourne, and are usually built in 2-6 tower configurations. Many blocks of occupied terrace and worker cottage style housing were cleared and towers of 10 apartments a floor built, surrounded by gardens and car parks. The future high property value of the former types of housing and the gentrification of inner urban areas was not foreseen. Opponents of these projects claimed that the towers were merely turning the slums upright. One of the more vocal anti-tower campaigners in the 1960s, Barry Pullen, later became a Minister for Housing in the Cain Labor Government. Crime and substance abuse problems on the estates have indeed fluctuated to high levels over the years, as different governments apply policies to renew the residential environments.

The Victorian Minister for Housing was at the centre of the Victorian land scandals of 1973-82 [ [http://aic.gov.au/publications/lcj/wayward/ch13.html "Wayward governance - illegality and its control in the public sector", P N Grabosky, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, 1989.] ] .

The Victorian Minister for Housing is also responsible for homelessness and the Residential Tenancies Act (the laws governing domestic renting in Victoria) [ [http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/CA256D8000265E1A/page/Listing-Portfolios-Minister+for+Housing!OpenDocument&1=80-Guidelines+and+Procedures~&2=90-General+Order+and+Supplements~&3=0-Minister+for+Housing~ A list of Victorian legislation covered by the Minister of Housing's portfolio] ] . Today the Office of Housing is Victoria's largest landlord, and is responsible for around 73,000 properties (23,000+ in regional Victorian towns and rural communities, 7,000+ inner city high-rise flats, 40,000+ houses, units and flats across suburban Melbourne, 1,700+ rooming house rooms and 1,800 moveable units).

Victorian State Ministers for Housing since 1945

*Sir William Haworth (Liberal) 1945
*William Barry (Labor) 1945-1946
*John Lemmon (Labor) 1946-1947 (Minister for Works and Housing)
*Sir Arthur Warner (Liberal Country Party) 1947-1950
*Ivan Swinburne (National Country Party) 1950-1951
*William Dawnay-Mould (Liberal Country Party) 1952
*Thomas Hayes (Labor) 1952-1955
*John Sheehan (Labor) 1955
*Sir Thomas Maltby (Liberal Country Party) 1955
*Sir Horace Petty (Liberal) 1955-1961
*Lindsay Thompson (Liberal) 1961-1967
*Edward Meagher (Liberal) 1967-1972
*Vance Dickie (Liberal) 1972-1976
*Geoffrey Hayes (Liberal) 1976-1979
*Brian Dixon (Liberal) 1979-1981
*Jeffrey (Jeff) Kennett (Liberal) 1981-82
*Ian Cathie (Labor) 1982-1985
*Frank Wilkes (Labor) 1985-1987
*Ronald "Bunna" Walsh (Labor) 1987-1988 (Minister for Housing and Construction)
*Barry Pullen (Labor) 1988-1990 (Minister for Housing and Construction)
*Anthony (Tony) Sheehan (Labor) 1990-1991 (Minister for Housing and Construction)
*Andrew McCutcheon (Labor) 1991-1992 (Minister for Planning and Housing)
*Robert Knowles (Liberal) 1992-1996
*Ann Henderson (Liberal) 1996-1999
*Bronwyn Pike (Labor) 1999-2002
*Candy Broad (Labor) 2002-2006
*Richard Wynne (Labor) 2006-present

ee also

* Public housing in Australia

References

External links

* [http://www.housing.vic.gov.au/ Victorian Office of Housing website]
* [http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/ Vicorian Department of Human Services website]
* [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/a/3/8/doc/a38741.shtml Image of Housing Commission Victoria concrete pre-fabrication factory (1947)]


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