Anglicare sounds rental disaster alarm

Anglicare Australia has launched its annual Rental Affordability Snapshot, revealing a dire scenario throughout the nation’s rental market.

The survey, which coated 45,115 rental listings, discovered that solely 289 leases have been inexpensive for an individual incomes a full-time minimal wage, with the figures plummeting additional for these on authorities assist.

“The housing disaster is the worst it’s ever been,” mentioned Kasy Chambers, govt director of Anglicare Australia. “This isn’t hyperbole. It’s Australia’s new regular.”

Anglicare highlights plight of weak renters

The snapshot highlighted a grim actuality for these on social safety advantages.

Solely 89 leases have been inexpensive for people on the Age Pension, 31 for these on the Incapacity Help Pension, and a mere three leases – all share homes – have been inexpensive for JobSeeker recipients. No leases have been discovered to be inexpensive for people on Youth Allowance.

Chambers emphasised the dire state of affordability.

“Even {couples} with each companions working full-time are locked out of practically 90% of leases,” she mentioned in a media launch.

Anglicare criticizes authorities’s personal sector reliance

Chambers slammed the present strategy of counting on the personal sector for housing options, highlighting that the federal government spends considerably extra on incentives for personal traders than on developing public housing.

“We discovered that the federal government spends eight instances as a lot propping up personal traders because it does on constructing housing itself,” she mentioned. “This strategy is fallacious, and it’s supercharging rents and home costs.”

Chambers is asking on the federal government to pivot in direction of constructing housing straight and reforming the tax system to alleviate the housing disaster.

Pressing name for housing coverage reform

The Anglicare report advocates for a radical shift in coverage: as an alternative of subsidising personal landlords, the federal government ought to spend money on constructing inexpensive housing, it mentioned.

“Housing can’t be left to pastime landlords and personal builders,” Chambers mentioned. “Solely our authorities can be certain that leases are inexpensive by constructing properties itself, and by fixing Australia’s unfair tax system.”

She mentioned that with out important motion within the upcoming price range, the scenario is prone to worsen, stressing the urgency of presidency intervention within the housing market.

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