Two in five low-income households under rental stress, risk homelessness Federal Report on Government Services data shows housing needs for nearly 35% of Aussies looking for accommodation help are unmet.
Systemic improvements needed for place-based work, say community groups May 3, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Economy & Industry Strengthen Communities Alliance asks the federal government for a more systemic response to scale up place-based community-led initiatives.
Latest census statistics for homelessness show the situation in Australia is worsening March 23, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social More than 6,000 additional Australians struggling with homelessness, according to a comparison of ABS data from the 2021 and 2016 censuses.
New ROGS data reveals Australia’s low income private renters are on the brink January 24, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social The 2023 scorecard of government services for housing and homelessness in Australia paints a dire picture of rental stress.
Critics blast budget’s missing measures to close the gap, zero money for federal anti-corruption commission March 31, 2022 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry From experts, advocacy groups, minor political parties, to the opposition — here’s a round-up of the main takes from Tuesday’s budget.
Community housing providers adopt cloud-based tenant-management system April 20, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The platform offers a tenant and contractor portal that will allow tenants to access or update their personal information, and make service requests such as repairs.
2020 budget: politicians, industry leaders and think tanks react to government’s plan October 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry There has, as always, been much criticism regarding the communities, industries and issues that have missed out.
Charity calls on governments to invest in 500,000 new social and affordable homes by 2030 July 29, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Mission Australia’s latest report on the experience of homelessness for people aged 15 to 19 found one in six (17.1%) of the 25,126 respondents have been homeless at least once.
Social impact bonds report card: learning lessons in NSW January 6, 2016 By Stephen Easton Features Social benefit bonds are complex, expensive and limited in use. Federalism makes them even harder to arrange, with savings split between tiers of government. But there are other ways to harness investment.
