

They are hardly natural bedfellows, but mutual loathing of Labor from the Greens and the state Opposition has seen the parties unite to tear up a government plan to fund new public housing by selling off public land.

This week, the parties combined in the Victorian Parliament's upper house to overturn Labor's plans to rebuild the Markham public housing estate in Ashburton, in the city's south-east.

An artist's impression of the Markham public housing estate redevelopment in Ashburton - which is now in doubt. Credit:Development Victoria

The Greens-Liberal Party coalition has enraged Labor, which says the Greens have put politics ahead of more public housing.

But the unlikely coalition may also have derailed Labor's plan to sell nine public housing estates around Melbourne to developers.