In 2020, ACT Shelter - with financial support from 12 of our members – commissioned the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) to undertake a multi-stage research inquiry into the social and economic impact of homelessness and after housing poverty/rental stress in the ACT.
In 2018, the Chief Minister and the Minister for Housing and Suburban Development released the ACT Housing Strategy.
SHARP is a government-driven stimulus program launched by the national peak bodies the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA), Homelessness Australia and National Shelter, and national housing campaign Everybody’s Home.
Read more about SHARP here.
The National Rental Affordability Index 2nd release for 2018 is now available for download.
National Shelter, Community Sector Banking, SGS Economics and Planning and the Brotherhood of St Laurence have released the National Rental Affordability Index biannually since 2015. It is an indicator of the relative affordability or otherwise of private rental homes with a particular focus on households in income quintiles 1 and 2.
