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Housing

Housing support a fitting reward for a lifetime volunteeringĀ 

Brian Devenish has spent a lifetime volunteering with marginalised people across the globe, witnessing first-hand lifeā€™s inequities, including access to housing. Source: VMCH.

Charity Housing

Vinnies calls on Government to increase rent assistance

The St Vincent de Paul Society says a new study of the Australian housing market highlights the need for an urgent increase in the rate of Commonwealth Rent Assistance for older renters, especially retirees.

Housing Poverty

Majority of retirees who rent ā€˜in a lot of strifeā€™

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.

Disability Housing

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.

Housing Queensland

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 stateā€™s housing crisis. Source: The Catholic Leader.

Housing

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.Ā 

Housing

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.

Housing Superannuation

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.

Housing In The Dioceses

Community housing provider builds new name to reflect mission

Centacare Evolve Housing, Tasmaniaā€™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 organisationā€™s structure. Source: Hobart Archdiocese.