Shelter WA welcomes today’s Cook Government announcement of $6 million to establish a new capacity-building program for community housing organisations (CHOs) across Western Australia.
New figures revealing Western Australia’s persistent demand for more housing and homelessness support highlights the urgent need for the next state government to build on progress, and drive further action to address the crisis, Shelter WA said.
Perth is now the least affordable capital city in Australia with low-income renters bearing the brunt of the crisis, according to the tenth annual National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index released today.
A new report has exposed the unsafe and unfair realities of renting in Western Australia, where the lack of minimum standards leaves three in five renters living with mould and bearing the cost of home repairs themselves.
At the conclusion of the panel discussion, a Q&A segment allowed in person and online participants to further explore the learnings and how to apply them in local context.
An interim National Housing and Supply Council has been established and commenced operations with a permanent council to be established.
Housing is critical to the wellbeing of individuals and communities, and a wellbeing budget must have housing as one of its central elements.
The Productivity Commission drew on and cited data and information 25 times throughout the report.
National Shelter, the peak body representing the housing interests of low-income households, congratulates Anthony Albanese and Labor on their election win.
The summary is not an indication of the full extent of engagement with parties or candidates.
The research forms a larger project being funded by several housing organisations including CHIA, Everybody’s Home and Shelter NSW.
We encourage you to join the Everybody’s Home campaign to urge all parties to focus on address the national housing crisis.
National Affordable Housing Alliance members are advocating for the implementation of four initial core policies.
Terms of Reference have been developed, and on Tuesday, 21 December 2021 the Productivity Commission released an Issues Paper to provide guidance for submissions.
The future fund is an important mechanism to address the ongoing decline of Australia’s social housing stock.
An ecological approach to realising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians’ aspirations for a high standard of health and housing, and of personal and collective wealth.