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Finding shelter from an unfolding social disaster
An emergency response and lateral thinking is needed to accommodate people and families locked out of rental housing and home ownership, argues Alice Clark.
An emergency response and lateral thinking is needed to accommodate people and families locked out of rental housing and home ownership, argues Alice Clark.
Thousands of South Australians are left out in the cold by a lack of public housing, rentals and skyrocketing real estate prices. Michelle Gegenhuber argues that action to provide a roof over people’s heads is good economic and social policy.
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Australia’s housing system is a “ticking time bomb” with only one percent of single welfare recipients able to afford a rental property before payment cuts, according to a charity’s report.
Australia’s uptake of short-term private accommodation rental is skyrocketing and the impact for owners, neighbours and hotels is increasingly felt, explain Thomas Sigler and Radoslaw Panczak.