Managing Access to Social Housing in Australia
The research reveals signs of intensifying stress within the social housing system when it comes to allocating limited housing supply for non-priority applicants in particular.
The research reveals signs of intensifying stress within the social housing system when it comes to allocating limited housing supply for non-priority applicants in particular.
The report highlights that, with house prices also having risen sharply during the crisis in most of the researched countries, housing affordability pressures are now generally even more acute in 2022 than when COVID first hit.
New research by the ACOSS/UNSW Poverty and Inequality Partnership shows renters on low and modest incomes are in the grip of a housing pincer, especially in regional Australia, as surging rents and the Commonwealth’s neglect of social and affordable housing creates acute stress.
This report analyses the expert opinions of 87 leading economists and other senior housing market specialists on interrelationships between the housing system, economic performance, and wealth distribution in Australia.