Anglicare Australia is calling on the government to undertake a series of urgent and long-term measures to stem a national crisis in housing, in what it says is a market that has never been less affordable or more volatile.
Those working in the Housing and Homelessness Sector know all too well that there is just not enough affordable housing and governments need to act now. Anglicare Australia has released a 20 year roadmap with some measures that could be implemented immediately such as increasing rent assistance.
Homes for All: A Roadmap to Affordable Housing calls for:
▪A ten-year regime of tax and policy reform
▪A twenty-year program to expand social and affordable housing
▪ All new developments to include affordable housing
▪ A trial of secure leasing models for mainstream tenancies
▪ Reforms and increases to Commonwealth Rent Assistance
▪ Nationally consistent protections for renters.