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How concerned are Australians about housing?
A recent cluster of polls from different polling companies shows that the issue of housing and housing affordability is of rising concern for Australian households. This is happening against a backdrop of house price increases, rising housing need and the falling proportion of households able to find a home in social housing.
Where to from here? Looking to the future of social and affordable housing at #NHCSydney
The number of households in the not-for-profit community housing sector over the last 10 years has more than doubled (35,667 in 2008 to 74,220 in 2016, a 108% increase). With such rapid growth the sector is becoming an even more important part of providing housing for households on low incomes.
What can social impact investing do for housing and homelessness in Australia?
Social Impact Investments (SII), which fund solutions to complex social problems including housing and homelessness policy, were worth an estimated A$2 billion in 2013 and could grow to as much as A$32 billion in the 2020s.
1.3 million Australian households need housing help
New AHURI research, ‘Modelling housing need in Australia to 2025’, has developed a model to estimate housing need in Australia over the next decade.
As home ownership rates fall, government will need to pay more to assist renters
The number of households eligible to receive Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) is estimated to rise from 952,000 in 2011 to 1.5 million in 2031, a 61 per cent increase, new AHURI research has found.