Anglicare sounds rental disaster alarm

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

The survey, which lined 45,115 rental listings, discovered that solely 289 leases have been reasonably priced 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,” stated Kasy Chambers, government director of Anglicare Australia. “This isn’t hyperbole. It’s Australia’s new regular.”

Anglicare highlights plight of susceptible renters

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

Solely 89 leases have been reasonably priced for people on the Age Pension, 31 for these on the Incapacity Help Pension, and a mere three leases – all share homes – have been reasonably priced for JobSeeker recipients. No leases have been discovered to be reasonably priced 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 stated in a media launch.

Anglicare criticizes authorities’s non-public sector reliance

Chambers slammed the present method of counting on the non-public sector for housing options, highlighting that the federal government spends considerably extra on incentives for personal buyers than on setting up public housing.

“We discovered that the federal government spends eight occasions as a lot propping up non-public buyers because it does on constructing housing itself,” she stated. “This method is incorrect, and it’s supercharging rents and home costs.”

Chambers is looking on the federal government to pivot in the 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 non-public landlords, the federal government ought to spend money on constructing reasonably priced housing, it stated.

“Housing can’t be left to pastime landlords and personal builders,” Chambers stated. “Solely our authorities can be sure that leases are reasonably priced by constructing houses itself, and by fixing Australia’s unfair tax system.”

She stated that with out vital motion within the upcoming finances, the state of affairs is prone to worsen, stressing the urgency of presidency intervention within the housing market.

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