Welcome

National Shelter is a peak non-government organisation that 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.

On December 9, National Shelter welcomed the Honourable Robert McClelland, MP as the new Minister for Housing and Homelessness within Cabinet: download media release (pdf ~113 kb).

On July 1, we released our report on funding housing assistance called 'Towards NAHA Mark II: National Shelter dialogue ahead of the next National Affordable Housing Agreement and associated National Partnership Agreements': download (pdf ~740 kb).

We have prepared a policy platform on addressing the housing needs of low and moderate-income households. You can download this policy platform, Housing Australia affordably, here: download full version (pdf ~640 kb), download summary version (pdf ~300 kb).

Our Housing Australia factsheet is a quick guide to critical data on housing stress, home purchase, private rental, social housing and homelessness: download factsheet (pdf ~505 kb).

Australians For Affordable Housing – a coalition of national housing, welfare and community sector organisations formed to highlight the problem of housing affordability in Australia – launched its campaign to fix our housing system on September 19. National Shelter is a member of its steering committee, and urges you to support the campaign. more…