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. Sadly, since 2021 these numbers are estimated to have grown to well over 8000. Yet, South Australia has no shortage of housing. At the time of the last Census, 7.0% of dwellings in Greater Adelaide were … 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
‘How Do We Fix The Crisis?’ State Election Forum
State Election Forum On Housing And Homelessness (Adelaide Electorate)Wednesday February 18, 6pm-8pmPilgrim Uniting Church Centre, 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide Hear from people directly affected by the housing crisis, frontline services, and others, about the need for urgent action to tackle housing insecurity and homelessness, as well as candidates for the Adelaide electorate.Homelessness services are under-the-pump, … Continue reading ‘How Do We Fix The Crisis?’ State Election Forum
The Power Of Becoming An Activist
By Anti-Poverty Network SA member, Sara Walker. Read at our Anti-Poverty Week Enfield Community Lunch, on Monday October 13, 2025.Good Morning.I didn’t wake up one day and decide to become an activist. I just got tired of seeing good people — people I care about — struggle while the world looked the other way. Tired … Continue reading The Power Of Becoming An Activist
Anti-Poverty Week 2025 Factsheet
This factsheet was produced by Anti-Poverty Network SA, a grassroots community advocacy organisation led by people directly affected by the poverty crisis and the housing crisis.To download a PDF version of this factsheet, click here; or to download a print-friendly version of this factsheet, click here.5 Facts About Poverty And Housing At Least 1 In … Continue reading Anti-Poverty Week 2025 Factsheet
Campaigns Team Meeting
Wednesday August 13, 4pm-6pm, on Zoom Our Campaigns Team leads our work fighting for real action on the poverty crisis and the housing crisis.We do this by activating people on low incomes, and allies, speaking to the community, the media, and pressuring politicians to act. We will be talking about our upcoming campaign events and … Continue reading Campaigns Team Meeting
Homelessness Week Action 2025
As part of Homelessness Week 2025 (4–10 August), Anti-Poverty Network SA is hosting a community action to highlight the scale of the housing crisis and demand immediate government action. This year’s theme, “Homelessness Action Now”, calls on all levels of government to take urgent, bold steps to end homelessness and ensure safe, affordable housing for … Continue reading Homelessness Week Action 2025
Whose Law And Order?
Response to the 2025 SA State Budget by Nicole, Anti-Poverty Network SA member. Instead of addressing issues of need like public housing, the State Budget has focused on 'law and order' but law and order for who? Australia's prison population is made up of the poorest and most disadvantaged people in society and traps people in … Continue reading Whose Law And Order?
Training: How To Have Conversations About Poverty + Housing On Voting Day
Monday April 28, 6:30pm-7:45pm, on Zoom (link here) This event is for supporters who are assisting Anti-Poverty Network SA with handing out poverty and housing scorecards on voting day. Anti-Poverty Network SA will be holding 3 stalls on election day (Saturday May 3), in the north, northwest, and south, to speak to people about the … Continue reading Training: How To Have Conversations About Poverty + Housing On Voting Day