Tag Archive for: Housing Affordability

Media Release: WA voters overwhelmingly back end to no-grounds evictions

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New polling reveals growing support to end no-grounds evictions, with Western Australian voters, including property investors, overwhelmingly backing the change.

Housing Affordability in WA 2023: Building for the future

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It is the seventeenth report in the BCEC Focus on WA report series. This research looks at overall affordability and where key pressures are.

State of the Nation’s Housing 2022–23

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From 2023 to 2032, household formation is expected to be dominated by lone person households (563,600 additional households), followed by couples with children households (533,300 additional households).

Australian Local Government business papers

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Shelter WA urges all delegates to support the motions that address the growing and evolving housing affordability challenges across Australian rural, regional, and metropolitan communities.

New data reveals extent of housing affordability concern

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The Australia-wide poll of 1,100 people undertaken last week by Essential Media also found women are more concerned than men when it comes to the issue of affordability.

Housing market impacts and housing policy responses – an international review

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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.

The Australian Dream: Inquiry into housing affordability and supply in Australia

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In this report, the Committee makes sixteen recommendations to improve housing supply and affordability across the country.

Registration scheme for short-term rental accommodation

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A thriving tourist sector requires a well-functioning housing system that can accommodate local workers and communities.

Sign the joint letter to the Treasurer

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Add your organisation’s details in a letter to Josh Frydenberg to urge more funding to improve housing affordability.

State of the Nation’s Housing 2021–22

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By household type, the strongest growth in new households is expected from lone person households (595,000), followed by couple families without children (488,000), then couple families with children (361,000).

Shelter WA signs historic Community Sector Climate Declaration

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Climate change will increase housing insecurity and the risk of homelessness, especially for people on low incomes and those experiencing housing stress.

Housing Affordability in WA: A tale of two tenures

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This fifteenth report in BCEC’s Focus on WA series builds on the Centre’s earlier reports into Housing Affordability and finds that housing affordability has improved in Western Australia but this improvement has been uneven.

Jobs Availability Snapshot 2020

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This year has been particularly devastating for the jobs market. The COVID-19 pandemic and the economic shutdowns required to manage community transmission have resulted in a steep rise in unemployment and underemployment.

Anglicare WA: Rental Affordability Snapshot

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Anglicare WA conducts the Rental Affordability Snapshot each year to develop a better understanding of how our rental market is changing and the implications for Western Australians living on low incomes.

Investment in Affordable Housing

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The additional 10% CGT discount will be available to private investors who offer affordable housing to an individual tenant through a community housing provider.

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