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Majority of retirees who rent ‘in a lot of strife’
Two in three retirees who rent privately owned homes live in poverty and the problem will get worse, a new report has found. Source: The Guardian.
Call for more political leadership and action to help disabled
Reforms to improve the lives of disabled people experiencing homelessness need political leadership and action, advocates say, with the vulnerable group targeted in a new plan. Source: Canberra Times.
Archdiocese welcomes housing policy shift
Brisbane Archdiocese has applauded the new Queensland Government for following through on its promise to unlock faith-based land to help address the state’s housing crisis. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Vinnies social housing project gets go ahead after successful mediation
Work will start soon on a St Vincent de Paul Society social housing project for vulnerable older women in North Hobart after the design was amended through an appeals process. Source: The Mercury.
Housing advocates call for cap on rent increases
Even Australians on median incomes are in rental stress, a new report has found, with households on middle incomes spending 33 per cent of their wages on housing. Source: The Guardian.
Social and affordable housing to get boost under industry super fund plan
Industry super funds have pledged to invest billions of dollars in social and affordable housing in a proposal that could rejuvenate Albanese Government plans to address a critical shortage exacerbated by cost-of-living pressures. Source: The Guardian.
Community housing provider builds new name to reflect mission
Centacare Evolve Housing, Tasmania’s largest provider of community housing, has changed its name to Loreto Community Housing, affirming its Catholic identity and signifying an important evolution in the organisation’s structure. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.
Labor offers faith groups cash to release unused land for housing
Faith groups are signing up for funds to build affordable homes and fill a gap in the housing market, prompting the Government to offer them more cash if they are willing to release unused land. Source: The Age.
Labor’s housing bills to pass after Greens backflip
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has secured the passage of his housing agenda through the Parliament in a significant pre-Christmas win after staring down demands from the Greens. Source: The Australian.