Season 4 • Episode 7
LatestHousos is an Australian comedy television series created by Paul Fenech for SBS, that screens on SBS One. The series is a satirical parody of low income Australian residents of fictional suburb Sunnyvale, who are living in Housing Commission public housing. On 1 November 2012, a film based on the series was released in Australian cinemas, titled Housos vs. Authority. On 9 September 2012 it was announced that Housos would return for a second series, which premiered 22 July 2013.
Writing
Dialogue so aggressively authentic it hurts to laugh.
Acting
Cast commits to human dumpster fire energy completely.
Production
Deliberately cheap aesthetic that weaponizes bad taste.
Creator
Paul Fenech
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paul Fenech basically invented a visual language for 'bogan' that Australian media still references. The show's slang entered actual working-class vernacular, which is either impressive or terrifying.
SBS commissioning this was deliberate provocation—public broadcaster funding class satire about the very communities it supposedly served. The outrage cycles were basically free marketing.
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