{{Use Australian English|date=March 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox television | image = Housos cast.jpg | caption = The cast of ''Housos'' | alt_name = Housos of the Housing Commission (Season 1-2)<br />Housos vs Virus: The Lockdown (Season 3)<br />Housos: The Thong Warrior (Season 4) | genre = {{Plainlist| *[[Comedy]] *[[Off-colour humor]] *[[Slapstick]] *[[Adventure fiction|Adventure]] }} | creator = [[Paul Fenech]] | writer = [[Paul Fenech]] | director = [[Paul Fenech]] | narrator = {{Plainlist| *[[Ian Turpie]] (Season 1) *[[Elle Dawe]] (Season 3) }} | starring = {{Plainlist| *[[Paul Fenech]] *[[Elle Dawe]] *[[Jabba (Channel V)|Jason "Jabba" Davis]] *[[Kevin Taumata]] *[[Vanessa Davis (actress)|Vanessa Davis]] }}[[David Malignaggi]] | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = Australia | language = English | num_seasons = 4 | num_episodes = 30 | list_episodes = Housos#Episodes | location = [[Smithfield, New South Wales|Smithfield]], NSW | runtime = 25 minutes | company = Antichoko Productions | network = [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS One]] | first_aired = {{Start date|2011|10|24|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|2013|09|16|df=y}} | network2 = [[7mate]] | first_aired2 = {{Start date|2020|10|26|df=y}} | last_aired2 = {{End date|2022|07|06|df=y}} | related = ''[[Pizza (TV series)|Fat Pizza]]''<br>''[[Swift and Shift Couriers]]''<br>''[[Housos vs. Authority]]''<br>''[[Fat Pizza vs. Housos]]''<br>''[[Darradong Local Council]]''<br>''[[Bogan Hunters]]''<br>''Dumb Criminals'' }}

'''''Housos''''' (titled '''''Housos of the Housing Commission''''' from seasons 1 to 2, '''''Housos vs Virus: The Lockdown''''' from season 3, and '''''Housos: The Thong Warrior''''' from season 4) is an Australian [[television comedy|comedy]] television series created by [[Paul Fenech]] for [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]], that screened on [[SBS One]]. The series is a [[Satire|satirical]] parody of low income Australian residents of fictional suburb Sunnyvale, New South Wales, who are living in [[Housing NSW|Housing Commission]] [[public housing]]. In 2014, the series won the [[Logie Award]] for Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program.

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,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Renewed: Housos|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/09/renewed-housos.html|access-date=30 August 2013|date=9 September 2012}}</ref> which premiered 22 July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Returning: Housos|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/07/returning-housos.html|access-date=30 August 2013|date=7 July 2013}}</ref> On 27 November 2014 another film based on and continuing the storyline of the series entitled ''[[Fat Pizza vs. Housos]]'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoyts.com.au/movies/2014/fat_pizza_vs_housos.aspx |title=Fat Pizza Vs Housos |publisher=[[Hoyts]] |access-date=19 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129060848/http://www.hoyts.com.au/movies/2014/fat_pizza_vs_housos.aspx |archive-date=29 November 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In May 2020, a third season was announced to be airing on [[7mate]] titled '''''"Housos vs Virus: The Lockdown"''''' and centred around how the characters dealt with the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], which premiered on 26 October 2020. In February 2021, the series was renewed for a fourth season,<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title= Renewed: Housos S4|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/02/renewed-housos-2.html|access-date=8 February 2021|date=8 February 2021}}</ref> titled '''''"Housos: The Thong Warrior"''''', which premiered on 7mate on 25 May 2022.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title= Upfronts 2022: 7mate / 7TWO / 7FLIX|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/10/upfronts-2022-7mate-7two-7flix.html|access-date=14 October 2021|date=12 October 2021}}</ref>

==Cast== The majority of the cast of ''Housos'' are from Fenech's two previous series, [[Pizza (TV series)|Pizza]] and [[Swift and Shift Couriers]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.facebook.com/housostv?sk=info|title=Housos on Facebook|website=[[Facebook]] |access-date=8 May 2011}}</ref> Some of the cast went on to star in the successful series [[Bogan Hunters]] on [[7mate]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jbhifi.com.au/movies-tv-shows/movies-tv-shows-on-sale/tv-comedy/bogan-hunters-series-1/581216/ |title=Bogan Hunters - Series 1 |date=17 July 2014 |access-date=9 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223071513/https://www.jbhifi.com.au/movies-tv-shows/movies-tv-shows-on-sale/tv-comedy/bogan-hunters-series-1/581216/ |archive-date=23 December 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

*[[Elle Dawe]] as '''Sharon "Shazza" Jones''', Dazza's de facto & mother of Holden. *[[Paul Fenech]] as '''Frank "Franky" Falzoni''', Dazza's Best Friend **Fenech also appears as Franky's cousin, '''Pauly Falzoni''' from [[Pizza (TV series)|Pizza]] during series 2. *[[Jabba (Channel V)|Jason "Jabba" Davis]] as '''Darren "Dazza" Smith''', Shazza's de facto & Franky's Best Friend (series 1 and 2, flashbacks in series 3 and 4) *[[Kevin Taumata]] as '''Kevin Takamata''', Franky & Dazza's Friend & Vanessa's de facto *Kyrah Brock-Fenton as '''Holden Jones''', Shazza's grown-up daughter (series 3 & 4) *[[Vanessa Davis (actress)|Vanessa Davis]] as '''Vanessa "Nessa" Talawahoo''', Kevin's painful de facto. *[[Ian Turpie]] as '''Wazza Jones''', Shazza's Dad / Narrator of the Show (series 1) *Kiri-Leigh Schmitt as '''Kylie Horfoot''', Franky's de facto (series 1) *Sabeena Manalis as '''Sabeena''', Franky's cousin (Series 1) *Crystal Sullivan as '''Crystal''', Kylie's Sister & Franky's on and off (de facto Frank's friend with benefits) (series 1) *[[Amanda Keller]] as '''Christina Rees''', Sunnyvale Mayor (series 1) *[[Barry Crocker]] as the premier (series 1) *[[Melissa Tkautz]] as '''Cheree''', Franky's Ex de facto (series 1) **Liz Harper replaces Melissa Tkautz as Cheree in series 2 and 3. *Andrew Ausage as '''Junior''', Cheree's Samoan de facto *[[Angry Anderson]] as '''Angry the Bikie''', Leader of the Hunterz Bikie Gang *Davey Cooper as '''Johnno''', Angry's Dwarf-Sized Brother *Maret Archer as '''Berryl''', Dazza's Mum (series 1, 2 and 4, flashbacks in series 3) *Stuart Rawe as '''Reg''', Berryl's mentally disabled de facto as well as being Dazza's de facto stepfather (series 1, 2 and 4, flashbacks in series 3) *[[Chris Franklin]] as '''Darryl "Dazza" James''', Dazza's Smith's cousin and Shazza's former de facto. (series 1, flashback series 3) *[[Sam Greco]] as '''Dino Falzoni''', Franky's gambling addicted brother who lives in Melbourne *[[George Kapiniaris]] as '''George''', Franky's married in Greek cousin and Sabeena's father (series 1), later seen in series 2 as Donald Bradman's ghost as Dazza's Hallucinating *Giani Leon as '''Jaydog''', Holden's boyfriend who is later revealed to be Franky and Cheree's son (series 3) *[[Alex Romano]] as '''Jimmy the Junkie''', the leader of the junkie crew (series 2) *[[Tahir Bilgic]] as '''Habib''', Sunnyvale Assassins Member (series 1 & 2) *[[Rob Shehadie]] as '''Rocky''', Sunnyvale Assassins Member (series 1 & 2) *Ashur Simon as '''Abdul''', Sunnyvale Assassins Member *Ara Natarian as '''Ara''', Sunnyvale Assassins Member (series 1 & 2) *Mohammed Hammoud as '''Mo''', Sunnyvale Assassins Member (series 1 & 2) *Joe Mifsud as '''Samira Shabaz''', Habib's mum who wears a burqa *[[Anthony Salame]] as the service station worker and Thwayne the McDonald's manager who dates Kylie on and off in series 1. *Nicole Sharrock as '''Hayley''', Franky's de facto / Barmaid who is also in ''[[Housos vs. Authority]]'' and ''[[Fat Pizza vs. Housos]]'' (series 2 & 4) *Amarli Inez as '''Candy''', Franky's On-Off Girlfriend (series 2) *[[Derek Boyer]] as '''Bubbles''', Junior's Cousin who harasses Dazza while in prison *[[John Mangos]] as himself (appearing as a news presenter) *[[Murray Harman]] as '''Officer Richard Head''' a Sunnyvale-based police officer *[[Garry Who]] as Officer '''Garry Kock''' a Sunnyvale-based police officer *James Thomas as himself (appearing as a current affairs reporter in series 2) *Renzo Renalto as '''Renzo''', Centerlink employee *Waseem Khan as '''Waseem''', Centerlink employee *Gregory King as '''Tank the bikie''', Vice president of the Hunterz Bikie Gang (series 1 & 2) *[[friendlyjordies|Jordan Shanks]] as a current affairs reporter in series 4 *[[Krissy Stanley]] as pub patron

== Episodes == {{Series overview | color1 = #444CB9 | link1 = <includeonly>List of Housos episodes</includeonly>#Series 1 (2011) | episodes1 = 9 | start1 = {{Start date|2011|10|24|df=y}} | end1 = {{End date|2011|12|19|df=y}}

| color2 = #006450 | link2 = <includeonly>List of Housos episodes</includeonly>#Series 2 (2013) | episodes2 = 9 | start2 = {{Start date|2013|7|22|df=y}} | end2 = {{End date|2013|9|16|df=y}}

| color3 = #B1130B | link3 = <includeonly>List of Housos episodes</includeonly>#Series 3: Housos vs Virus (2020) | episodes3 = 5 | start3 = {{Start date|2020|10|26|df=y}} | end3 = {{End date|2020|11|23|df=y}}

| color4 = #53C8E9 | link4 = <includeonly>List of Housos episodes</includeonly>#Series 4 (2022) | episodes4 = 7 | start4 = {{Start date|2022|5|25|df=y}} | end4 = {{End date|2022|7|6|df=y}}

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=== Series 1 (2011) === {{Episode table |background=#444CB9 |overall=5 |series=5 |title=60 |airdate=20 |viewers=10 |country=Aus. |viewers_type=thousands |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Disability |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|10|24|df=y}} |ShortSummary = Meet the residents of the block of the Sunnyvale Housing commission. Franky Falzoni, Kevin "Kev" Takamata, Vanessa Talawahoo, Shazza "Sharon" Jones and Dazza "Darren" Smith and many more. The 5 try to get on the disability pensions from Centrelink. Franky injures his knee after falling from a great height when running away the cops and Vanessa's and Kev's son Jaylin is injured after he shot himself in the head with a stolen nailgun making Vanessa leave the girls nightout with Shazza, Kylie and Ashley. While waiting at the hospital the Lebanese Sunnyvale Assassins (spelled Assasuns) gang shows up with multiple small cuts on their faces due to when they attempted to do a drive-by on the fire station when earlier Franky was driving a stolen fire truck almost running over Habib's mum so the gang tried shoot at the fire station but Habib leaving the windows by mistake so the glass shatters over their faces. |Viewers = 284<ref name="tvtonight.com.au">{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Celebrity Apprentice whacks Junior MasterChef|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/10/celebrity-apprentice-whacks-junior-masterchef.html|access-date=30 August 2013|date=25 October 2011}}</ref> |LineColor = 444CB9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Pregnant |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|10|31|df=y}} |ShortSummary = When Shazza is in labour and going to give birth to her first child to Dazza, Dazza attempts to call the ambulance but due to the new Sunnyvale computer answer machine emergency system playing up, Dazza goes on all different modes of transport on a desperate way to get Shazza to the hospital. At the end Shazza gives birth to baby boy named Ned Kelly Smith which was removed by DOCS 3 days later. |Viewers = 180<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=TEN toughs it out on Monday|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/11/ten-toughs-it-out-on-monday.html|access-date=30 August 2013|date=1 November 2011}}</ref> |LineColor = 444CB9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Melbourne |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|7|df=y}} |ShortSummary = When Franky wins a toughman competition against Tank the bikie at the pub carpark, he wins Tank's new chopper. Thinking the Hunterz will come after him he goes on a road trip to Melbourne to stay with gambling addicted brother Dino with tough trip ahead of him getting there. |Viewers = 200<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Seven wins Monday|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/11/seven-wins-monday.html|access-date=30 August 2013|date=8 November 2011}}</ref> |LineColor = 444CB9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Green Day |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|14|df=y}} |ShortSummary = After the media discovers that Sunnyvale Mayor Christina Rees doesn't live in the Sunnyvale district, she says that she doesn't live at Sunnyvale due to renovations on her place, when her assistant rings up for cheap installation from Habib from a newspaper advertisement. Habib forms up a team of Franky, Kev, Shazza and Abdul to work as tradies for the installation rip off scam. Dazza ends up in jail after being caught attempting to steal Renzo the Centrelink worker's car. Dazza's cousin and Shazza's former de facto Darryl "Dazza" James gets out of jail and visits Shazza. |Viewers = 278<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=ABC pushes TEN to fourth on Monday. Again.|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/11/abc-pushes-ten-to-fourth-on-monday-again.html|access-date=30 August 2013|date=15 November 2011}}</ref> |LineColor = 444CB9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Thailand Part One |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|21|df=y}} |ShortSummary = When Shazza is desperate for cash after the events of Dazza ending in jail for attempting to steal a car and needing bail money and paying for her father Wazza gambling debts. Shazza goes up to Angry the leader of the Hunterz motorcycle club to ask for a job for some cash. She is made to go to [[Phuket, Thailand]] to smuggle in illegal steroids in bodyboard to deliver to a business associate of the Hunterz, bringing along Franky, Kev and Kylie with her. |Viewers = 203<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Celebrity Apprentice tops the night but Seven wins Monday|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/11/celebrity-apprentice-tops-the-night-but-seven-wins-monday.html|access-date=30 August 2013|date=22 November 2011}}</ref> |LineColor = 444CB9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Thailand Part Two |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|11|28|df=y}} |ShortSummary = When Shazza and Franky meet back up with Kev and Kylie at the Phuket hotel after being lost looking for a pie or bourbon shop, The team is being followed by constable Gary Kock who is holidaying in Thailand trying to get a wife but unsuccessful. The dealer notices the team is being followed so he writes a note and leaves on the door saying take the steroids to [[Phi Phi Islands]] so officer Kock can be killed by the terrorists but the terrorists kidnap Kev, Shazza and Kylie for a $1 million ransom each leaving Franky and officer Kock to think up a plan to rescue them. If the drugs don't get to the Hunterz associate they will kill Dazza James. |Viewers = |LineColor = 444CB9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 7 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = [[Foxtel]] |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|05|df=y}} |ShortSummary = The Lebbo's are selling $300 dodgy Foxtel iQ boxes so Shazza, Vanessa and Kylie threaten Dazza, Franky and Kev to get the Foxtel or they won't have sex with them until they do. Beryl also threatens to kick Dazza out if he doesn't get a Foxtel iQ box. |Viewers = |LineColor = 444CB9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 8 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Uncle Doug |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|12|df=y}} |ShortSummary = Dazza's Uncle Doug is released from prison and stays at Dazza's house. Franky is forced to get a jumping castle for his son Anarchy's first birthday. If he doesn't Cheree and Junior will dob him in to the cops. |Viewers = |LineColor = 444CB9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 9 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Birthday |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|12|19|df=y}} |ShortSummary = It is Dazza's birthday so the Housos came up how to throw Dazza the best birthday ever. When Franky, Dazza and Kev steal the Sunnyvale council car, Dazza founds forms of Sunnyvale mayor Christina Rees plans of moving the Sunnyvale Housos to the Countryside. The boys then attack the mayor with manure and then hide in the drains. After walking 45 minutes back to Dazza's house, a furious Dazza finds that everything except for his meat pies are gone. Kylie gets mad when her sister Crystal talks to Franky and the two start fighting. Franky tries to stop them only to get thrown to the floor, smashing all of Dazza's pies. Shazza then takes him to the park where Franky and Kev burn the council car. |Viewers = |LineColor = 444CB9 }} }}

=== Series 2 (2013) === {{Episode table |background=#006450 |overall=5 |series=5 |title=60 |airdate=20 |viewers=10 |country=Aus. |viewers_type=thousands |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 10 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Voucher |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|07|22|df=y}} |ShortSummary = Dazza has traded Beryl's pills for a restaurant dinner voucher for Shazza's birthday and by the next morning forgets what he's done with it. Dazza, Kev and Franky attempt to retrace their steps the previous night to jog their memory of what happened to the voucher. |Viewers = 255<ref name=ep1and7/> |LineColor = 006450 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 11 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Jailbreak |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|07|29|df=y}} |ShortSummary = Beryl is arrested for defrauding Centrelink so the Housos start a protest riot. Whilst Beryl gets away, Franky, Dazza, Kev and Reg are arrested and jailed. Reg thrives in prison but Bubbles seeks to make Dazza his prison girlfriend. Dazza convinces the boys to escape. Desperate for cash, Shazza and Vanessa try out some new scams. |Viewers = 259<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=X Factor (turkey) slaps Big Brother|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/07/x-factor-turkey-slaps-big-brother.html|access-date=30 August 2013|date=30 July 2013}}</ref> |LineColor = 006450 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 12 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Dazza the Bikie |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|08|05|df=y}} |ShortSummary = When Shazza stops sleeping with Dazza, he joins the local outlaw motorcycle bikie gang, the Hunterz, in order to turn her on. He discovers that being a bikie pledge can be harder than getting a real job. Franky is caught doing a good deed by for Beryl by a tabloid 'current affairs' television crew when the junkie crew try to steal her handbag with Franky thonging Jimmy the Junkie leader so he and Kev set out on a new venture as 'Robbing Hood', getting back stuff for other people for a commission. |Viewers = 201<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Hamish & Andy dip but Nine wins Monday|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/08/hamish-andy-dip-but-nine-wins-monday.html|access-date=30 August 2013|date=6 August 2013}}</ref> |LineColor = 006450 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 13 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Uncle Fred |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|08|12|df=y}} |ShortSummary = Franky learns from his cousin Pauly (from [[Pizza (TV series)|Pizza]]) that his Uncle Fred – who was a role model to him – has died, and so he and Kev travel to [[Broken Hill, New South Wales|Broken Hill]] to pay his last respects. |Viewers = 178<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=X Factor tops Monday but GEM gives Nine the night|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/08/x-factor-tops-monday-but-gem-gives-nine-the-night.html|access-date=30 August 2013|date=13 August 2013}}</ref> |LineColor = 006450 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 14 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Rehab |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|08|19|df=y}} |ShortSummary = Franky steals an ambulance, and after leaving it unnattended, all of the drugs from inside are stolen by housos. Dazza goes too far and develops an addiction, causing him to trip out. Which ultimately lands him in rehab. Shazza, Kev, Vanessa and Franky go to visit him with booze and sex. |Viewers = 235<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=The X Factor sings with 1.5m for Monday|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/08/the-x-factor-sings-with-1-5m-for-monday.html|access-date=30 August 2013|date=20 August 2013}}</ref> |LineColor = 006450 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 15 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Cops |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|08|26|df=y}} |ShortSummary = It's the housos very own version of ''[[Cops (TV program)|Cops]]'' called "police pursuit" a camera crew follows the daily events of constables Gary Kock and Richard Head in a typical day in Sunnyvale. |Viewers = 210<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Seven still the one on Monday|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/08/seven-still-the-one-on-monday.html|access-date=30 August 2013|date=27 August 2013}}</ref> |LineColor = 006450 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 16 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Junkies |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|07|22|df=y}} ([[SBS Viceland]])<br/>{{Start date|2013|09|02|df=y}} (SBS One){{note label|showing|a|a}} |ShortSummary = To get money for drugs, the junkies steal anything not nailed down, to sell to the Hunterz for cash, Meanwhile as Shazza, Dazza, Kev and Vanessa try to come up with a new scam of having multiple sets of twin for a twin allowance. Later the bikies don't want the Junkies new crappy stolen goods so they steal everything from the Hunterz and selling to the Lebo Sunnyvale Assasuns gang resulting the bikies and the Lebo's going to jail, the junkies are arrested after getting caught trying to rip-off the police. While they are all arrested, the housos to reclaim their property. |Viewers = 83 (Vice)<ref name=ep1and7>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Gap Year fills in the ratings|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/07/gap-year-fills-in-the-ratings.html|access-date=30 August 2013|date=23 July 2013}}</ref><br/>222 (One)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Seven's Monday win overlooks news battle with Nine|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/09/sevens-monday-win-overlooks-news-battle-with-nine.html|access-date=16 September 2013|date=3 September 2013}}</ref> |LineColor = 006450 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 17 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Tokyo |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|09|09|df=y}} |ShortSummary = When most of the residents on the block have gone on holidays. Shazza is desperate to go on a holiday but Dazza is to busy trying to grow his weed seeds. When Dazza is passed out, Franky comes up a scam to get a free holiday from The Current Affairs program by making him and Shazza have a intellectually disabled child as Abdul. When Shazza writes down [[Toukley]] as her holiday destination of choice the Current Affair thought she wrote down [[Tokyo]] due to her bad hand writing. Shazza, Franky and Abdul go to [[Tokyo]] leaving behind an angry Dazza. |Viewers = 208<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Never mind primetime, Sunrise thumps Today.|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/09/never-mind-primetime-sunrise-thumps-today.html|access-date=16 September 2013|date=10 September 2013}}</ref> |LineColor = 006450 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 18 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Wedding |RTitle = <ref name=episodes>{{cite web|title=Episodes|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/housos/episodes/page/i/1/h/Episodes/|work=[[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]]|access-date=16 September 2013}}</ref> |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|09|16|df=y}}<ref name=episodes/> |ShortSummary = When Dazza and Kev get Brain damage support pensions they are more cashed up and Shazza and Vanessa fear that other women will go for them for their cash, as well as Beryl receiving half of Reg's pension payments so Shazza and Vanessa and Beryl try to get Dazza, Kev and Reg to marry them. |Viewers = |LineColor = 006450 }} }}

=== Series 3: Housos vs Virus (2020) === {{Episode table |background=#B1130B |overall=5 |series=5 |title=60 |airdate=20 |viewers=10 |country=Aus. |viewers_type=thousands |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 19 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Episode 1 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|26|df=y}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = 189<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Monday 26 October 2020|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/10/monday-26-october-2020.html|access-date=27 October 2020|date=27 October 2020}}</ref> |LineColor = B1130B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 20 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Episode 2 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|2|df=y}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = 127<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Monday 2 November 2020|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/11/monday-2-november-2020.html|access-date=3 November 2020|date=3 November 2020}}</ref> |LineColor = B1130B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 21 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Episode 3 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|9|df=y}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = 122<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Monday 9 November 2020|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/11/monday-9-november-2020.html|access-date=11 November 2020|date=10 November 2020}}</ref> |LineColor = B1130B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 22 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Episode 4 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|16|df=y}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = 127<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Monday 16 November 2020|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/11/monday-16-november-2020.html|access-date=18 November 2020|date=17 November 2020}}</ref> |LineColor = B1130B }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 23 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Episode 5 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|23|df=y}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = 132<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|title=Monday 23 November 2020|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/11/monday-23-november-2020.html|access-date=24 November 2020|date=24 November 2020}}</ref> |LineColor = B1130B }} }}

=== Series 4: The Thong Warrior (2022) === {{Episode table |background=#53C8E9 |overall=5 |series=5 |title=60 |airdate=20 |viewers=10 |country=Aus. |viewers_type=thousands |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 24 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Episode 1 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|5|25|df=y}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = |LineColor = 53C8E9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 25 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Episode 2 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|6|1|df=y}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = |LineColor = 53C8E9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 26 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Episode 3 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|6|8|df=y}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = |LineColor = 53C8E9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 27 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Episode 4 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|6|15|df=y}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = |LineColor = 53C8E9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 28 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Episode 5 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|6|22|df=y}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = |LineColor = 53C8E9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 29 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Episode 6 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|6|29|df=y}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = |LineColor = 53C8E9 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 30 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Episode 7 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|7|6|df=y}} |ShortSummary = |Viewers = |LineColor = 53C8E9 }} }}

=== Notes === * {{note label|showing|a|a}} "Junkies" first aired on SBS Viceland and later on SBS One. * {{note label|ratings|b|b}} Viewers from broadcast airing on SBS Viceland.

==Controversy== ''Housos'' came under fire from a number of western [[Sydney]] residents, who had called on [[SBS Australia|SBS]] not to put the series on air. A petition which was initiated by residents on a housing commission property received thousands of signatures, and the efforts gained support from local politicians. [[Electoral district of Mount Druitt|Mount Druitt]] MP Richard Amery presented the petition in [[Parliaments of the Australian states and territories|Parliament]] in late April 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Molitorisz |first1=Sacha |title=Back on the offensive |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/back-on-the-offensive-20111021-1masr.html |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=26 May 2020|date=23 October 2011}}</ref> ''Housos'' was also at the centre of a controversy in February 2011 when [[Nine Network]]'s ''[[A Current Affair (Australian TV series)|A Current Affair]]'', initially claimed that the series was "reality TV". Nine Network later said that the mistake originated from an 18-year-old woman working at [[ninemsn]]. SBS was also forced to defend the show by stating that the series was not receiving funding from the government, and it was instead being funded by the network's own revenue raising activities.<ref>{{ cite web |url=http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/05/08/residents-call-for-banning-of-housos-on-sbs/ |title=The Spy Report – Residents call for banning of Housos on SBS | publisher = The Spy Report | date = 8 May 2011 | access-date = 8 May 2011}}</ref>

==Movies== *''[[Housos vs. Authority]]'' (2012) *''[[Fat Pizza vs. Housos]]'' (2014) *''[[Bogan Hunters]]'' (2015) *''[[Dumb Criminals]]'' (2015) *''[[Fat Pizza vs. Housos Live]]'' (2016)

==Awards and nominations== '''[[Australian Writers' Guild]]''' *2011: Comedy – Situation or Narrative ("Pregnant", nominated)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Knox |first1=David |title=2011 AWGIE Awards: nominees |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2011/08/2011-awgie-awards-nominees.html |publisher=TV Tonight |access-date=26 May 2020|date = 18 August 2011}}</ref> '''[[Logie Awards]]''' *2014: Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program ('''won''')<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 Logies: full list of winners |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/2014-logies-full-list-of-winners-20140428-37ci6.html |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=26 May 2020|date=28 April 2014}}</ref>

===ARIA Music Awards=== The [[ARIA Music Awards]] are a set of annual ceremonies presented by [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the [[music of Australia]]. They commenced in 1987.

{{awards table}} ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | [[ARIA Music Awards of 2013|2013]] | ''Housos Live'' | [[ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release|Best Comedy Release]] | {{nom}} | <ref name="awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Best-Comedy-Release|title=ARIA Awards Best Comedy Release|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=17 April 2022}}</ref> |- {{end}}

==See also== * [[List of Australian television series]] * ''[[Pizza (TV series)|Pizza]]'' * ''[[Housos vs. Authority]]'' * ''[[Swift and Shift Couriers]]'' * ''[[Bogan Hunters]]''

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

== External links == * {{official website|http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/housos}} * {{IMDb title|2103538}}

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