Punks for Public Housing packs the Corner Hotel with a stacked, mostly secret lineup in support of public tenants.
Punks for Public Housing is crashing into the Corner Hotel with a huge bill and a properly serious cause.
Presented by Double Time Touring, Stop The Demo and 44 Flats United, Punks for Public Housing pulls a wildly eclectic run of acts together under one loud, punk-minded banner. Teaser Pony, FROB, Dragnet, Screensaver, Loose Tooth, Ausecuma Beats, Tongue Dissolver and Banoffee are all on the roster, alongside a secret headliner the organisers are refusing to name until the doors shut behind you. Once the bands clear the stage, DJ sets from DJVM, Shouse and Total Giovanni will keep the room moving well into the small hours.
Punks for Public Housing
- Corner Hotel, Richmond
- 6 November 2026
- Doors 4pm
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The whole thing exists to raise money for 44 Flats United, a grassroots collective of current and former public tenants working to organise residents across the city’s high-rise towers. Expect the day to blur the line between gig and rally, with a shot at meeting the people steering the campaign, or simply rocking up for the music and having a boogie.
The demolition fight has been simmering since 2023, when the Victorian government revealed plans to tear down all of the state’s high-rise public housing towers. A parliamentary inquiry has since called for an immediate stop to the works, yet the schedule has rolled on regardless. Campaigners behind the event say the plan will uproot more than 15,000 Victorians, and that swathes of the freed-up land are set to be leased to private developers for as little as $1 a year.
Stop The Demo, one of the presenters, describes itself as a coalition of workers from across the social and community services sector pushing to keep public housing in public hands. The night sits squarely inside that broader wave of community resistance to the tower rollout.
Doors open at 4pm, and the early birds are the ones with the best shot at the raffle, which is loaded with prizes and sold only in the room on the night. First Nations people and social housing tenants can claim free entry by emailing [email protected]. The gig is billed as an accessible event, so contact the Corner Hotel directly for any access details before you head down.
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