Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis. Those who are the most adversely affected are people on lower incomes or otherwise facing disadvantage. There is an urgent need to address the homelessness and affordability crisis and fix Australia’s broken housing system.
Shelter NSW is a proud and active member of the national network led by National Shelter. We have worked with our counterparts in every jurisdiction to develop a call to action to the Australian Government to fix the housing crisis.
It is centred around five key policies:
- A legislated National Housing and Homelessness Plan
- A long term social and affordable housing supply pipeline enabled by $2 billion per year of Commonwealth investment
- National minimum standards to deliver a better deal for renters
- A tax reform package to ease the housing crisis, increase affordability and reduce inequality
- A National Framework for Inclusionary Zoning to generate additional and recurrent affordable housing
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National Shelter has been operating as the national housing peak body since 1975. For over 50 years, it has advocated for better housing outcomes for lower income households, remaining independent, non-government and non-partisan. But for the last ten years, National Shelter has had to undertake research, develop policy proposals and provide advice and sector feedback to policy makers without any government funding.
This is not sustainable. National Shelter strongly welcomes the announcement by Minister for Housing and Homelessness Clare O’Neil that the Australian Government will be investing $6.2m over three years to support peak bodies.
National Shelter is well-positioned to work with government and other stakeholders to shape a fair, sustainable and healthy housing system for all Australians. Shelter NSW remains hopeful to see its advocacy and policy work be appropriately recognised and valued by the Australian Government.
The housing crisis affects us all. Together, through ambitious and determined action under the leadership of the Australian Government, we can fix our broken housing system so Australia has the decent, affordable housing that it needs.