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National Shelter is a national peak housing organisation which aims to improve housing access, affordability, appropriateness, safety and security for people who are on low-incomes, or who face disadvantage in the housing system. 

National Shelter works towards this goal by influencing government policy and action, and by raising community awareness in relation to housing.

                   

Housing Australia Factsheet: quick guide to housing facts & figures -  Updated June 2009

A guide to the facts and figures on Housing Stress, Home Purchase, Rental, Social Housing and Homelessness in Australia

Housing Australia Factsheet- June 2009.

 

Room for More: boosting providers of social housing - Speech by the Minister for Housing, Hon Tanya Plibersek MP.

Sydney Institute March 19 2009.

Read the speech here

 

National Housing Supply Council State of Supply Report

On Wednesday 11 March 2009 the National Housing Supply Council released its first State of Supply Report. The 2008 report focuses on

projections of underlying demand and of land and housing supply over 20 years from 2008 to 2028, the gap between housing demand and supply and implications for submarkets, with particular attention on affordability issues for lower income households, a number of current influences on supply and demand, as well as the need for research to better understand how these impact on the housing market and the discussion of data collection and methodology, including the need for more sophisticated modelling, and the need to improve data collection and analysis, particularly on land supply for residential development. Read the report on the Department of Families, Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Website. 

     

$6.6Billion  To Increase Public Housing - Media Release

Media Release 3 February 2009

Read the full media release here

 

National Shelter Supports Public Housing Investment Push - Media Release

Media Release 29 January 2009

Read the full media release here

 

Submission to the Treasurer's Call for Public Input into the 2009 - 2010 Budget

January 2009

Read the full submission here

 

National Affordable Housing Agreement Welcome but Falls Short of Expectations - Media Release

Media Release 3rd December 2008

Read the full media release here

 

Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee inquiry into the National Rental Affordability Scheme Bill 2008 and the National Rental Affordability Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008

October 2008

Read the full submission here

 

Thick FHOG obscures real housing solutions

Media Release 14 October 2008

You can read the release here

               

3.5 Billion for Public Housing to Improve Rental Affordability

 Media Release 28 August 2008

You can read the release here

                   

Submission to Commonwealth Federal Budget 2008-2009

National Shelter wrote a submission to the Federal Budget 2008 - 2009.

You can read the submission here

 

Media Releases -  November 2007

Renters Rue Rent Rise released Wednesday 07 November 2007

 

Australia Wants More Public Housing released Saturday 03 November 2007

 

Australian Federal Election 2007 - Updated 14 November 2007

National Shelter has produced a document that compares the policy proposals stated in National Shelter's Policy Platform (April 2007) with the policy positions of the 4 major political parties.

A comparison of proposals in the National Shelter policy platform, ‘Australian housing – a fair share?’ (2007), and proposals on the same subject matter from some political parties in a federal election context.

 

The Parties' Housing Policies, compiled by Shelter SA

 

National Shelter Policy Platform 2007 - "Australian Housing -  a fair share?"

National Shelter launched its policy platform the federal election campaign on April 23 2007 in Melbourne.

 

The platform includes calls for

  •  a review of the impact of the taxation system on housing affordability

  •  the development of financing and investment strategies to attract institutional investors into affordable rental housing

  •  implementation of a national Indigenous housing strategy

Policy Platform -

Australian Housing - A Fair Share   (colour 4 page version)

Australian Housing -  A Fair Share  (read the full 18 page policy platform)

Powerpoint Presentation from the policy launch.

 

 

 

National Shelter

 Contact Adrian Pisarski, Executive Officer, Queensland Shelter

Tel: 07 3393 2433