WHAT HAPPENED TO RENTAL AFFORDABILITY?Australia is facing its worst ever housing crisis. According to PropTrack’s 2024 Rental Affordability Report, rental affordability in Australia has fallen to its lowest level since at least 2008. And SA rents have risen by 52% since COVID.One of the drivers of this crisis is soaring rents, which disproportionately impacts lower-income … Continue reading POSITION STATEMENT: The Case For Rent Controls
POSITION STATEMENT: No Empty Homes In A Crisis
TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS—TAKE OVER EMPTY DWELLINGS!!As of Census night in 2021, there were 7,428 homeless people in SA, and approximately 40,000 (7%) of dwellings in Greater Adelaide were unoccupied, with even more in regional areas. Since 2021 these numbers are estimated to have grown to well over 8000. Yet, South Australia has no shortage … Continue reading POSITION STATEMENT: No Empty Homes In A Crisis
POSITION STATEMENT: Rebuilding Public Housing
WHY WE CANNOT FIX THE HOUSING CRISIS WITHOUT REVIVING THE HOUSING TRUSTWhat Happened To Public Housing?Did you know that there was once a time where 1 in 3 new homes in SA were public housing?Over more than four decades, until the 1980s, the SA Housing Trust built some 95,000 homes, at the time, more than … Continue reading POSITION STATEMENT: Rebuilding Public Housing
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