Greens hold the balance of power in the upper house. They are also angered at the planned redevelopment of 44 public housing towers
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In politics, optics are everything.
It’s why when the Victorian government unveiled its housing statement – an ambitious policy that it says will reshape the state by delivering 800,0000 homes over the next decade – it did so alongside the building and property sectors.