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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 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.

Poverty is at "inexcusable" levels in SA, say welfare groups. File image: AAP

Inquiry to shine light on SA’s ‘inexcusable’ poverty rate

South Australian welfare groups have called on the State Government to address what they say are inexcusable and entrenched realities facing low-income earners, as a Parliamentary inquiry gets underway to uncover the extent of poverty in the state.

Affordable housing 'stigmatising' low-income earners

South Australia has the broadest and most consistent approach to affordable housing inclusion in Australia, but housing advocates say low-income earners are still stigmatised by the state’s housing policies.

Housing problems harming the health of refugees in SA: research

The majority of asylum seekers and refugees living in Adelaide believe their current housing situation is harming their mental health and wellbeing, new research reveals.

Labor 'not doing enough' for Aboriginal housing

The head of South Australia’s peak housing organisation, Shelter SA, says Labor is trailing the Liberal Party on Aboriginal housing policy ahead of the March state election.