Well said, Jackson. It seemed like a no-brainer to us with state & local government backing and $ committed #homelessness #housingcrisis

What's not being done is scaling up #socialhousing supply to meet demand. Apparently it is not a high enough priority for the federal government to fund it on budget. A bigger priority is giving $1.4 billion to the UK to create submarine jobs for Brits at Rolls Royce #Auspol

Tax is too important for the too hard basket.
It must be part of our strategy for the housing crisis and a fairer future for young Australians.
Great to see David Pocock & @jacquilambie on board for reform.
I’ll review their proposals with interest. theguardian.com/australia-news…

We're amongst the choir of agreeing economists who agree this simple change should happen. We're not convinced it will make a huge difference to affordability but the incentive to speculate in the existing housing stock is certainly not helping.

Today we marked an important milestone in the delivery of UnitingSA’s Uniting on Devonport project at Prospect.

Adelaide median house price to hit $1m

i never thought that would happen, but there you go

afr.com/property/resid…

The beak body for Community Housing, CHIA (among others) calls on the government to double the Housing Australia Future Fund in the budget.

Register for the Australian Human Rights Commission Free + Equal Conference. SA's Dr Sarah Moulds will be amongst the presenters. After many, many years of advocacy from leading #HumanRights orgs & experts, it's time for Aus to become a modern democracy & enact a Federal #HumanRights Act

We welcome this joint national media statement from @nationalshelter Homelessness Australia #housingindustry & #property #development peaks. Building approval data makes a case for counter-cyclical investment in affordable-to-income rental homes to cut #waitinglists AND save the Accord

Headlines saying rent bidding has been banned are not correct, compliance and monitoring difficult to impossible

abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…

Changes to Australia’s property tax concessions could net $60bn over decade, crossbench senators say
theguardian.com/australia-news…
Good work David Pocock & @Jackielambie - to solve the #HousingCrisis & intergenerational inequity - we need tax changes. These are sensible reforms.…

I wish Lambie & Pocock well in quest to curb #negativegearing . It is middleclass #Welfare that produces low quality exorbitant rental #housing .
Crossbenchers challenge #Labor to limit negative gearing afr.com/politics/feder…

Every year Anglicare Australia do a snapshot of rental market affordability for people governments would once have proudly housed. Every year, their capacity to 'compete' in a market that supplied 98 out of every 100 newly allocated #homes to people who rent last year weakens #Auspol

Code Blue is on between 23-26 April
Riverland
Kangaroo Island
Upper Spencer Gulf
Far West Coast
Copper Coast
Clare Valley

While we are waiting for housing (at scale) to materialise, what is the plan exactly??? We need some quick wins and safe shelter in the short term.

Rental doors close on low income South Australians indaily.com.au/news/adelaide/…

Thread from David Pocock on the need for tax reform and policy options from the PBO costings

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Low-income earners are at serious risk of homelessness, with new research showing only 1% of SA rentals are affordable to them 🏠

📍 Find out which age group is most at risk: bit.ly/3UsI5nY

Pic: Kelly Barnes