Amongst all of the talk of affordability, housing supply and planning reform its easy to lose sight of the people at the heart of our advocacy.

We enjoyed this article written by Professor Alan Morris (and Shelter NSW member), sharing stories of the life-changing impacts of finally achieving housing security. The article provides some compelling case studies of people one year on from moving into their new social homes.

For more information:

• The Conversation (August 2023), Morris, A. Its-soul-destroying-how-people-on-a-housing-wait-list-of-175-000-describe-their-years-of-waiting
• Shelter NSW news article (June 2022) Wait-times-balloon-as-scarce-social-housing-is-rationed-and-many-simply-give-up
• UNSW City Futures Research Project: Pawson, H. and Lilley, D. (2022) Managing Access to Social Housing in Australia: Unpacking policy frameworks and service provision outcomes: access via waithood-experience-being-social-housing-waiting-list. Shelter NSW supported-research.