A Place to Call Home: a housing issues paper for people with disability
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 a position statement which covers the housing options people with disability require to live independently in a place of their choosing and with whom they want and
Equity, Efficiency and Employment: Setting Social Housing Rents
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% of income as rent. This policy area has been the subject of much debate over the past few years.
This report, written by Jon Eastgate for National Shelter
Reform of the federation – housing, homelessness and the road to reform
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 I was looking forward to the reform of the Federation process as something which might facilitate an intelligent discussion about current housing and homelessness policy settings. The National
Financial impact of asset transfers from state/territory governments to community housing organisations
This report was written for National Shelter by Sphere consulting. It explores the appetite and issues relating to stock transfer around the country. It also provides a model showing the minimum level of asset transfer needed to optimise the leverage from such transfers.
Final Report Stock Transfers 0714
National Affordable Housing Agreement project report
This report is the result of a series of consultations held by National Shelter around the country on the strengths and weaknesses of the National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA). It contains a series of recommendations to strengthen the agreement.
Key recommendation from National Shelter’s ATSI housing roundtables 2010–2012
June 2012
Three roundtables on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) housing have been facilitated by National Shelter between 2010 and 2012. National Shelter has recommended that the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs fund a project to build trust between ATSI housing organisations and all levels of government to create a productive working relationship, and to support ATSI housing organisations to become registered in the new national regulatory system.
Key Recommendations - 2010-2012
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing roundtable report 2012
25 May 2012
This roundtable on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) housing on 25 May 2012 was the third facilitated by National Shelter since 2010. Through the course of the three roundtables there have been a number of common themes, including:
- Unmet housing need for ATSI people, including in urban areas;
- A level of dissatisfaction and frustration around the processes to transition responsibility for ATSI housing organisations from the Commonwealth to the states and territories;
- The need to invest in
Towards NAHA Mark II: the next National Affordable Housing Agreement
July 2011
Between March and June 2011, National Shelter held a series of round table discussions on the development of the next National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA), the Council of Australian Governments agreement which covers funding for affordable housing and homelessness programs. 'Towards NAHA Mark II: National Shelter dialogue ahead of the nextNational Affordable Housing Agreement and associated NationalPartnership Agreements' is the report that emerged from this consultation process.
Australia’s future tax system: balancing our taxes to remove distortions in our housing system
June 2011
The Henry tax review, Australia’s Future Tax System Review, recommends fundamental shifts in the way land and renting and owning housing are treated by the taxation and social security systems. National Shelter prepared a report on housing issues in the Henry review in December 2010, and we developed our own response to this review in June 2011 following discussions with some of Australia’s foremost experts on taxation and housing.