Tag Archive for: Public Housing

Foundation Housing analysis of social and community housing in WA

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Providing a breakdown over time on the proportion of public and social housing household’s income that goes to rent, and WA Government spending per person for public and community housing.

Housing Assistance in Australia 2023

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In 2022, around 815,500 Australians lived in social housing in over 442,700 dwellings across the country.

Positive feedback for statewide delivery of tenancy workshops

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With funding extended to June 2024 there are plenty of opportunities to provide further Workshops in other locations convenient for Rise tenants.

Stuck in the Heat

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Current climate change projections indicate the region will experience increasing temperatures in the future.

NT’s first major Community Housing Growth Strategy

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A smarter way of delivering social housing in the Northern Territory.

Ageing well in public housing

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Australia’s ageing housing stock offers a multitude of benefits that will supercharge the emissions reduction.

Waterwise public housing project expansion welcomed as win-win-win

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During the pilot program, nearly 1,000 water audits were carried out at high water use public housing properties, with 620 receiving leak repairs and 735 receiving water efficient fixtures.

Housing Options Launch

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This is a significant change to how clients have traditionally applied for housing products and services, but staff will assist clients with the transition to the new service model.

Developing CHP’s

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Workshop participants called for renewed transfer of public housing to the community housing sector, in recognition of the sector’s capacity to create additional supply while providing high quality service delivery.

Victoria’s $5.3 billion Big Housing Build

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$5.3 billion to construct more than 12,000 new homes throughout metro and regional Victoria over the next four years.

Freeze Evictions – Increase Social Housing

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Shelter WA urges the Department to look to at the many examples within the community sector where agencies work hard to help people maintain and sustain their tenancies.

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