Labor MPs and a Yarra councillor will defy a ban on holding meetings at public housing estates, with the Human Rights Law Centre considering a legal challenge to controversial new rules for estates.

Last month, the Department of Human Services introduced rules that banned politicians from door-knocking estate tenants and prohibited residents from posting political material on noticeboards and holding political rallies in common areas.

Victorian Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews. Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui

The changes resulted in politicians being forced to cancel meetings at public housing estates.

The Human Rights Law Centre, which is acting on behalf of two tenants from Fitzroy's Atherton Gardens Estate, said aspects of the department's policies were unlawful and breached public residents' human rights.