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The compelling case for a future fund for social housing

Brendan Coates, Monday, 29th November 2021 -  Brendan Coates, the Grattan Institute’s program director of economic policy, explains why setting up a future fund for social housing could be the answer to fixing Australia’s ever-growing

At least 2.6 million people face poverty when COVID payments end and rental stress soars

Contributor, Wednesday, 24th March 2021 -  JobKeeper and the COVID supplement to JobSeeker benefits will be gone in a week. The combined effect will be to halve some recipients’ incomes and the rent they can afford, write…

Social housing left high and dry in 2020 Budget

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 7th October 2020 -  Housing and homelessness advocates say this year’s budget was a “missed opportunity”.  Dreams of a social housing-led economy recovery have been dashed in this year’s federal budget,

Govt Delivers Funds for Frontline Homelessness Services

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 8th August 2017 -  The federal government has delivered $117.2 million in funding to support front-line services addressing homelessness. Around 85,000 people, particularly women and children

Calling on Young People to Have Their Say

Wendy Williams, Tuesday, 4th April 2017 -  Young Australians are being called on to express their “thoughts, concerns and aspirations” as part of the largest annual nationwide poll of young people. Community service organisation

NSW Needs 100,000 New Homes to Beat Housing Stress

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 28th July 2016 -  New South Wales needs 100,000 new social and affordable houses over the next 20 years to prevent decade-long waiting lists blowing out even further, according to a new report from…

Housing Affordability Ignored in Cabinet Reshuffle

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 19th July 2016 -    Housing policy peak body National Shelter and the federal opposition have claimed the prime minister is continuing to ignore Australia’s housing affordability crisis

NFP Grant Applications ‘Flood’

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 22nd July 2014 -  Grant applications in the tens of thousands are expected to flood the Federal Department of Social Services as its new $800 million grants program applications close in the next 24…

Government Advertises Service Delivery Grants

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 10th June 2014 -  The Federal Government has begun a national advertising campaign calling on Not for Profits to apply for funding to deliver services from January 2015 under its new grants arrangements.…

National Homeless Figures Remain Unchanged

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 4th July 2012 -  The new report has found that young people, women and Indigenous Australians were all overrepresented among those receiving homeless services in the December quarter of 2011 –…
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