[2] On 27 November 2014 another film based on and continuing the storyline of the series entitled Fat Pizza vs. Housos was released.

[3] 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.

[7] Housos came under fire from a number of western Sydney residents, who had called on 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.

[27] Housos was also at the centre of a controversy in February 2011 when Nine Network's A Current Affair, initially claimed that the series was "reality TV".