Albo accelerates social housing stock with $2bn investment

COMMUNITY & SOCIAL HOUSING

[{"selector":"#anim-b3b0f6ea-2b74-4e17-9012-3a29bff5d280 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 2.466650906077431e-7%) scale(0.8130081300813008)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese announced the Commonwealth will provide a one-off $2 billion funding to the states and... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-ab3f2a96-5e44-4e38-8004-0274d77bfabb [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(3.5527136788005e-15%, 2.528317205966838e-7%) scale(0.8333333333333334)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] The PM said the Social Housing Accelerator payment will create thousands of homes for Australians on social housing waiting lists and... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-60931514-2bd7-49d2-b7fc-e11e66698645 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(3.5527136788005e-15%, 2.528317205966838e-7%) scale(0.8333333333333334)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Under the agreement, the states and territories will have some flexibility in how they permanently boost social housing stock... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-6445caa5-568f-4da4-a1d0-1d233216ef45 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.932693372218877e-15%, 2.5074219883873775e-7%) scale(0.8264462809917356)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] “Every Australian deserves the security of a roof over their head, and my Government is taking steps to deliver more homes around the... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-08ef1923-e1c7-4d2d-9692-54e192fbba3c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(3.5527136788005e-15%, 2.528317205966838e-7%) scale(0.8333333333333334)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] “I met with every Premier and Chief Minister about this proposal yesterday, and we all agree securing more housing for more... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-637b367e-4dc7-4fb9-b214-22c0d44dc9e9 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 2.4868693735996083e-7%) scale(0.819672131147541)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Every state and territory will receive a minimum of $50 million with the remainder allocated on a per capita basis... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-c38744e9-f5fc-4e09-99ed-8f5a1e95f52c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.932693372218877e-15%, 2.5074219883873775e-7%) scale(0.8264462809917356)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] “We know that supply is an important part of addressing the housing challenges we inherited from the former Liberal government... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-45983c73-f0d9-4575-9516-374f8f087579 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(3.5527136788005e-15%, 2.528317205966838e-7%) scale(0.8333333333333334)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] “We could do even more if the Senate stopped blocking our $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund – the single biggest investment in... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-34b8deb1-cca4-426f-af66-efc92c8ed2e3 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(3.5527136788005e-15%, 2.528317205966838e-7%) scale(0.8333333333333334)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Greens leader Adam Brandt responded to the investment and said “This is a big development. Labor has caved to Greens pressure and... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-7cb8c42a-7f5c-4512-b293-90eb9378bcdf [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.932693372218877e-15%, 2.5074219883873775e-7%) scale(0.8264462809917356)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] What Labor said was impossible yesterday, they’ve done today. This is what happens when the community backs the... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-b829d622-2717-4492-a427-1fed070d39a5 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(3.5527136788005e-15%, 2.528317205966838e-7%) scale(0.8333333333333334)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] The additional investment comes as homelessness increases across the nation, as the cost of living, rising rents and low vacancy rates... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-3f427c37-71f3-4be9-8d9a-8a83b159f079 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.932693372218877e-15%, 2.5074219883873775e-7%) scale(0.8264462809917356)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] A decade of inaction by governments has seen the social housing waiting list balloon. According to the Australian Institute of Health and... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-804c9cfc-96d9-4c73-ac9d-79e23a27bdbf [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 2.4868693735996083e-7%) scale(0.819672131147541)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] The net increase in social housing was less than 1%, up from 436,333 to 440,192. The waiting list across Australia rose by... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-52ac7aea-2933-4540-8052-bbe59b111726 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(3.5527136788005e-15%, 2.528317205966838e-7%) scale(0.8333333333333334)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] A report by researchers at the UNSW’s City Futures Research Centre found homelessness in Queensland surged by... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-1acdab43-ebea-4ddc-b958-37b351483156 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(3.5527136788005e-15%, 2.528317205966838e-7%) scale(0.8333333333333334)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] According to the Council to Homeless Persons, Victoria’s homelessness services are currently placing over 4,000 individuals and families in... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-fbe0571e-d4fb-4346-b3d4-a4639b949ab6 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.932693372218877e-15%, 2.5074219883873775e-7%) scale(0.8264462809917356)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Meanwhile the latest Mission Australia report A Safe Place to Call Home – Mission Australia’s Homelessness and... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-a8d1191a-3299-4714-b555-2bf9c0a3d322 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.932693372218877e-15%, 2.5074219883873775e-7%) scale(0.8264462809917356)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] The report shows a 26% increase in demand for Mission Australia’s homelessness services over the past three years, and a 50% increase in... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-24ca3294-ec09-493e-b36a-e4afd37081a6 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(3.5527136788005e-15%, 2.528317205966838e-7%) scale(0.8333333333333334)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Meanwhile a new report by Housing All Australians (HAA) Give Me Shelter: Leave No Veteran Behind, found the cost of homelessness among veterans of... Read more

[{"selector":"#anim-1fca390b-c2ca-46f1-bd63-590094207068 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(4.932693372218877e-15%, 2.5074219883873775e-7%) scale(0.8264462809917356)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] The report revealed that nearly 6,000 or 5.3% of the country’s half a million current or former service people were experiencing homelessness over the... Read more

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