Luke Michael, Monday, 3rd August 2020 - Homelessness groups warn more social housing is needed to cope with a surge in unemployment due to COVID New interactive heatmaps have been released showing how widespread homelessness…
Maggie Coggan, Monday, 17th February 2020 - Homelessness organisations are being encouraged to have their say in the inquiryA federal parliamentary inquiry seeking to understand how people become homeless and how to prevent…
Luke Michael, Friday, 24th January 2020 - The Productivity Commission found many people were experiencing chronic housing stress More than four in 10 low-income renters in Australia are struggling to pay their rent despite…
Luke Michael, Wednesday, 28th August 2019 - Older Australians are suffering mental health problems and psychological distress because of soaring mortgage debt, new research shows. A report from the Australian Housing…
Luke Michael, Monday, 5th August 2019 - The Morrison government needs to show leadership on homelessness by starting work on a national action plan by the end of the year, housing advocates say. The Everybody’s Home campaign…
Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 15th May 2019 - Candidates are being cautioned not to underestimate the power of voters experiencing rental stress, following the launch of the first home-loan deposit scheme, which advocates…
Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 1st May 2019 - Traditionally affordable areas like western Sydney, and regional parts of NSW and southeastern Queensland dominate the 20 electorates with the highest rates of rental stress in…
Luke Michael, Thursday, 14th March 2019 - Australia needs to build more than a million social and affordable houses over the next 20 years to keep pace with the growing number of people struggling to pay their rent, new analysis…
Luke Michael, Friday, 1st March 2019 - Disadvantaged Australians are struggling to settle into social housing, with research revealing 43 per cent of residents are leaving their properties within 18 months.Thereport…
Maggie Coggan, Monday, 11th February 2019 - With homelessness rates rising rapidly, Kate Colvin, policy manager for Council to Homeless Persons, and spokesperson for the Everybody’s Home Campaign, is battling to make housing…
Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 23rd January 2019 - Victoria spends less than any other state in Australia on social housing, new research shows, with the community housing sector labelling the figures a “damning insight” into years…
Luke Michael, Friday, 11th January 2019 - New South Wales faces a looming catastrophe in rental affordability unless drastic action is taken to address a huge social housing shortfall, community groups have warned on the…
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