Policy Papers Archives - Shelter (National)

2021-22 Budget Analysis

Shelter National — Thu, 20 May 2021 08:32:27 +0000

The 21/22 Budget was presented as “the COVID Budget” with some extraordinary measures pitched as addressing growth, jobs, infrastructure and women. It continues or extends a range of measures from previous budgets (tax cuts, programs like Home Deposit Schemes) and does provide some additional funding into housing, which, from our perspective, will tend to pump

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National Shelter Federal Election 2019 Guide

Scott — Tue, 21 May 2019 04:51:02 +0000

National Shelter has analysed the published policies of the ALP, Liberal Party and Greens against its own policy platform for the federal election in May. Click here to read National Shelter’s guide to housing for voters for whom housing is a critical issue in election 2019.

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Policy Priorities Release

Adrian Pisarski — Mon, 07 May 2018 13:40:10 +0000

National Shelter announces policy priorities for a better and fairer housing system View Policy Priorities release (PDF)

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Australian Network for Universal Housing Design Position Paper

Adrian Pisarski — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:12:00 +0000

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A Place to Call Home: a housing issues paper for people with disability

Adrian Pisarski — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 20:59:11 +0000

This paper is part of a partership between Queenslanders with Disability Network, Griffith University and National Shelter. The project’s overall objective is to develop a position statement on housing and housing assistance that facilitates the independence, social and economic participation and full inclusion of people with disability in the mainstream community. The project will inform

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Equity, Efficiency and Employment: Setting Social Housing Rents

Oley Media — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 22:14:34 +0000

Rent policy is one of the key aspects of the management of social housing. It determines the affordability of the housing for its tenants, as well as providing the main income stream for social housing providers. Social housing rents are generally set as a proportion of the tenant’s income, with the general principle being that they pay 25%

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Reform of the federation – housing, homelessness and the road to reform

Adrian Pisarski — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:03:58 +0000

National Shelter’s Executive Officer Adrian Pisarski reflects on how the review of Federation may impact on how housing needs are addressed in Australia. Late last year I posed a question – is the current funding and responsibility for housing and homelessness shared by the Commonwealth Government and the States/Territories ideal? At the time

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