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Wednesday, February 19

Rent hike for social housing tenants

Social housing tenants will face a rent hike of up to $7 per week from next month in a move the State Government has labelled an equity measure, but advocates say will unfairly burden those living on the breadline.

Rate rebates needed to address homelessness in city: councillor

Adelaide City Council should consider introducing a new affordable housing rebate to address a scourge of homelessness in the city, area councillor Robert Simms says.

More than half of rental properties in SA require repairs, according to a new survey. File image/InDaily

More than half of SA rental properties in need of repair

The majority of SA renters are living in substandard rental properties and are afraid to raise repair issues with their landlords, a new report has found, prompting the state’s peak housing group to call for the establishment of a government-funded tenants’ union.

Centrelink drug testing risks "dooming" unemployed to homelessness

The Federal Government’s plans to to withdraw Centrelink payments from unemployed people with drug dependency risks “dooming” many to homelessness and crime, welfare groups have warned.