IF THERE'S one thing TV current affairs shows love, it's a housing commission story. And yesterday, they had a doozy. Trouble was, they couldn't decide what kind of doozy it was.

Early in the day, a promo appeared on the ninemsn website for last night's edition of A Current Affair. In a box headed ''reality TV'', a pointer read: "Housing commission uncensored. The new reality TV show targeting Australia's poorest residents - and it's government funded."

The show in question was Housos, and it is scheduled to appear on SBS some time in the second half of the year. But it's not a reality show, it's a comedy, from the creator and star of Pizza, Paul Fenech. One look at the trailer for the show on YouTube is enough to make that abundantly clear.

But as researchers from ACA and Seven's Today Tonight frantically sought outraged comment from social workers and residents in Sydney's western suburbs, SBS realised something was up. Around lunchtime, the broadcaster issued a release stating the bleedin' obvious.