social housing

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What is the Housing Australia Future Fund and how will it boost social housing?

14 Sep 2023

A new funding model would see large-scale institutional investors finance much-needed social and affordable rental housing.

To deliver enough affordable housing and end homelessness, what must a national strategy do?

15 Jun 2023

The strategy’s core mission should be to ensure everyone in Australia has adequate housing. That requires 950,000 social and affordable rental dwellings to be built by 2041, dwarfing current targets.

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The housing and homelessness crisis in NSW explained in nine charts

17 Mar 2023

Why are some of the problems with housing stress and homelessness worse in New South Wales than in other states?

Couple experiencing housing and cost of living stress bills

Housing crisis: five initiatives that should be on the NSW election agenda

07 Mar 2023

UNSW housing experts weigh in on the policies that could provide relief from the state’s housing crisis.

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One million homes target makes headlines, but can't mask modest ambition of budget

28 Oct 2022

The recent federal budget neglects the need to reform an ailing system.

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The market has failed to give Australians affordable housing, so don’t expect it to solve the crisis

18 Oct 2022

While the Productivity Commission’s critique of the national housing agreement is justified, its faith in the market is not. The Albanese government is right to invest in building social housing.

Social housing temperatures in NSW exceed health and safety limits: study

14 Sep 2022

Many low-income households can endure temperatures in their homes close to 40°C during summer and as little as 5°C during winter.

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‘The wait list is a battle in itself’: what it takes to get social housing

21 Jun 2022

Getting on the priority wait list is so challenging some applicants just give up.

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Wait times balloon as scarce social housing is 'rationed'

26 May 2022

Australian state governments are struggling to meet growing demand for low-cost housing as cost-of-living pressure rises.

Governments' response to housing during COVID-19 highlights need for policy reform

29 Nov 2021

UNSW Sydney and ACOSS partnership research shows the impact of the pandemic on long-standing unaffordability, inequality and indebtedness.

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