Social housing ‘will reduce domestic violence costs’
A report says social housing could save millions of dollars currently being spent to support domestic violence victims.
15 July, 2021
Posts Tagged: Social-Housing
Labor promises $10b for social housing
Labor has promised a $10 billion social housing splurge in its reply to the federal budget.
14 May, 2021
Transforming social housing through innovation
Funding alone will not be enough to address the challenges faced by social and community housing institutions in the long term.
28 January, 2021
Melbourne councils join together to end homelessness
Melbourne councils have formed an alliance against homelessness.
16 September, 2020
Affordable housing at centre of council’s future vision
Randwick City Council is targeting 3,000 affordable dwellings by 2036.
14 October, 2019
Apps target social housing, homelessness
The NSW and NT governments are developing apps to respond to housing and homelessness.
19 August, 2019
Public housing shifts to community sector
New statistics reflect a trend for government-provided housing to be transferred to community operators.
18 July, 2019
Time to rethink social housing policy: expert
Are policies designed to shorten social housing waiting lists contributing to the backlog?
16 July, 2019
Trial provides new way to home ownership for lucky few
A novel housing development that has helped social housing tenants become home owners could be replicated elsewhere, an evaluation of the initiative says.
4 October, 2018
‘Policy inaction’ leading to homelessness rise
A national strategy tackling the myriad issues contributing to Australia’s worsening homelessness should be included in the next national agreement between the Commonwealth and states, an expert says.
28 May, 2018
Government indecision a risk to social housing
Australia’s banks have invested around $1.5 billion in social and community housing providers, but new research reveals there are significant barriers to expanding these ‘social impact’ investments. The report, Understanding opportunities for social impact investment in the development of affordable housing, was undertaken by researchers from RMIT University and Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. […]
22 February, 2018
PC Report on Government Services – Housing and Homelessness
The Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services (RoGS) has a detailed section on governments’ delivery of services in the housing sector. It covers social housing services and subsidised rental housing provided by not-for-profit, non‑government or government organisations to assist people who are unable to access suitable accommodation through the private market. The report also examines […]
23 January, 2018
Radical reform for six human services
Productivity Commission leads the way.
5 December, 2016
Social housing tenants skilled up to cope with conflict
City of Sydney pilot.
4 November, 2016
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