Category: Affordable Housing

In its submission to the Senate Economics Committee, BlueCHP calls for a suite of reforms to address Australia’s growing affordable housing shortage, including expanded tax incentives, increased Commonwealth Rent Assistance, direct capital funding to community housing providers, long-term financing mechanisms, and better national planning coordination.

PowerHousing Australia’s submission to a Senate inquiry asserts that the nation’s housing system is failing, citing stretched affordability, declining homeownership, and ageing public housing.

A report from the Welfare Rights Centre NSW and Shelter NSW highlights that over 173,000 people in NSW are still experiencing housing stress, in many cases paying more than half their incomes in rent.