A boost in social housing benefits everyone – people in housing stress get the homes they need and building new homes creates jobs and opportunities
– but its end will mean thousands of affordable homes will disappear with no plan for the people who were living in them. Renters leaving the scheme will enter a rental market with record low vacancy rates. Data released this week shows a
Our housing system is in crisis but it doesn’t have to be this way. Prime minister Anthony Albanese has an opportunity to turn around years of failed housing policy with a simple solution – build more homes. Put simply, that approach has failed, leaving us with a broken system and a lot of catching up to do., which will build 30,000 social and affordable homes over five years, as ‘ambitious.’ I would describe it as a small start. To end our shortfall, they’ll need to build at least 25,000 houses each year for two decades.
It isn’t fair that so many people are living with the constant worry of whether they’ll be able to pay their rent this month. We need to do better. Building more social and affordable homes would help ensure everyone has a place to lay down roots and build a life for themselves and their family.With so many people doing it tough, a boost to social housing couldn’t come at a better time.
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