COMMUNITY & SOCIAL HOUSING
THE Cook government could wipe $50 million off social housing renters’ energy bills every year by making homes energy efficient, and a community housing homelessness...
Shelter WA’s call came on the same day that the Albanese and Cook governments announced more than $8 million in funding to deliver 16 new social housing dwellings in...
The funding forms part of the $2 billion Social Housing Accelerator, which around the country is delivering around 4,000 social homes. The federal government has...
Retrofitting WA
Shelter WA said the retrofitting of all social housing in the state would cost $152 million over three years for the first 10,000 public housing properties, and $486.4 million for...
Prioritisation would be made for remote communities and areas with extremely hot climate conditions for the package, which would see a rollout of ceiling fans, flyscreens...
Shelter WA is also calling for individual or community battery systems to be installed in extreme climate zones, as well as an energy efficiency audit program of...
An energy efficiency retrofit of social housing could save tenants between about $780 and $1,500 per year on energy bills, according to previous analysis commissioned by...
Shelter WA’s call comes after the Albanese government and Minns NSW government in January announced a $206 million package for energy-saving upgrades to...
Late last year, the federal and ACT governments announced $35.2 million in funding to upgrade 3,000 public houses, and the Victorian government’s...
That prompted a collection of social service, community and environmental groups in Queensland to urge the Albanese government to provide funding for social housing...
Shelter WA chief executive Kath Snell said the Western Australian package would benefit households most in need as a deep and permanent cost-of-living measure...
“From Kununurra to Karratha, Carnarvon to Kalgoorlie, and even in the urban heat islands of Perth’s metropolitan areas, many social housing tenants are sweltering through...
Snell said an extensive energy efficiency retrofit of Western Australia’s social housing is “one of the lowest cost, highest impact opportunities to reduce the cost of living...
In the midst of a cost-of-living crisis, the government would get a better return on investment and create a greater legacy if it delivers budget measures that reduce expensive energy bill...