COMMUNITY & SOCIAL HOUSING
COUNCIL to Homeless Persons is launching a new proposed funding model that would address the $11,400 per annum gap in renting affordable housing in...
Affordable housing is categorised as properties that charge 80% of market rent, while social housing is 30% of income...
“We’re in the midst of the most serious housing crisis in living memory but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fixed. Unlocking more...
The model proposes that the Victorian government meets the $11,400 average annual income gap between the...
Currently Victoria has the lowest proportion of social homes in the country. At 2.9% of all households, Victoria falls behind the national average and...
“Despite welcome State Government initiatives like the Big Housing Build, our state is woefully behind when it comes to...
“That’s why we’ve come up with a funding model that gives Victoria the flexibility to convert already promised affordable...
”If federal investment in social housing to each State is based on population, the State Government needs to continue to...
On a global scale Australia itself if also playing catch up, with national social housing stock plummeting to...
Council to Homeless Persons is calling on Colin Brooks, the Victorian housing minister, to bring the proposal to...
In February, Brooks said the Andrews government would rectify growing youth homelessness with...
While the federal government is set to deliver a $67.5 million boost to homelessness funding over the next year...
“Rents are accelerating at break-neck speed, leaving thousands of Victorians at serious risk of becoming homeless,” said Di Natale.
“The right investment in social housing can end homelessness. We just need governments to work together and act.”
Median rents have grown by 12.5% over the last 12 months, 16.9% over five years and 36.4% over the decade, according to the...
Homelessness is also up across the state, increasing by 76% in the past 15 years and 24% in the past five years, according to Census data.
With January seeing over 640,000 Australian households whose housing needs are not being met, with the number is...