In support of Team member Howard Marosi

Friends of Public Housing Victoria, established Nov 2011, has been working diligently on the campaign to save Public Housing, and we have weathered quite a few storms along the way…

 We continue to go from strength to strength… Our organisation is committed to fighting the privatisation of Public Housing, and we are staunch in our loyal support of one another.

Many individuals from various walks of life, have been generous with their time and energy over the years. And we are constantly recruiting new people into our group - public tenants as well as supporters. We have a very extensive contact list. It is good to have people from rural Victoria and interstate coming onboard.

Friends of Public Housing Vic is proud to be affiliated with Fair Go For Pensioners, an alliance that in Victoria is made up of about 14 community groups. In turn these groups represent between 2 and 10 other groups. One of these groups is representative of around 180 groups! Fair Go For Pensioners is building towards state-based branches Australia-wide.

The Melbourne Unitarian Peace Memorial Church has been a strong ally of ours. They began their own group opposing the privatisation of Public Housing called 'Hands Off Public Housing'. 

Today we would like to acknowledge and give a shout-out to a hardworking committed political activist, Howard Marosi. Howard is active in the group ‘Defend and Extend Public Housing’ as well as Friends of Public Housing Victoria. 

He was involved in initiating Defend and Extend PHA with well known radio personality and Anarchist Joe Toscano. 

Howard is a Union delegate and a skilled negotiator. He is a regular on 3CR community radio program ‘City Limits' every third Wed of the month. Tune in around 9.20am. 

Howard has worked tirelessly to further the Public Housing cause and expose the agenda of Social and Community Housing groups as well as the churches, in the ongoing decline and diminishment of Public Housing via stock transfers. 

Howard is a person who is motivated by a genuine desire that the world be a better place. He is a passionate believer in social justice and he sticks to his guns on matters of principle. 

Well Done Howard! 

Eileen Artmann, Founder of the Facebook page. 

Fiona Ross and Jeremy Dixon, Fellow Administrators 

 https://www.facebook.com/FOPHVIC 

About us - Friends of Public Housing Victoria - 

'For Public Tenants - By Public Tenants.’ 

FOPHV is a grass roots organisation, primarily made up of Public Housing tenants, as well as supporters of Public Housing. As Public Tenants with ‘lived experience’, we understand first-hand how Public Housing helps individuals and families, who would be in desperate straits without it. 

Public Housing is a public asset belonging to the people of Victoria. 

Both titles and management of Public Housing must remain in public hands. 

Public Housing must not be privatised. ie transferred to Community Housing aka ‘Social Housing’. 

FOPHV’s aim is to provide information to other tenants as well as to the general public. We support our fellow public tenants to advocate for their rights and engage in collective actions. We do this via social media, regular Press Releases and direct community engagement.