Amidst a historic cost-of-living crisis, Everybody's Home is calling on the federal government to scrap tax concessions for property investors and build social housing across Australia.
Investment in public and affordable housing must continue and the federal government should take the lead on bolstering renters' rights, a parliamentary committee says.
The Greens and key crossbenchers are not convinced the Albanese government's social housing fund will do enough to ease Australia's worsening housing crisis.
The ACT Government is spending more on homelessness than ever before but less on social housing; homelessness worsens while the number of public housing dwellings falls, according to the Australian Government Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services data published this week.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare have released their latest Housing assistance in Australia report which displays a drop in social housing dwellings, yet a greater demand for services.
Low-income earners can face a wait of more than 10 years for a tenancy, as social rental queuing times explode due to growing public and community housing scarcity nationwide.
Most Canberrans would be horrified to see the state of many ACT public housing properties, and the ACT Government hasn’t done anything to fix them, the Canberra Liberals claim.
The Canberra Liberals say it is “an absolute disgrace” that thousands of people were waiting years for housing, while more than 400 properties were empty.
