We firstly focus on the physical asset of housing itself both in the private and social settings and call for recommendations that both improve availability and affordability but also some specific legislative focused suggestions that can balance rights of renter and rights of rental provider in the private market. [...] Quantum proudly support the Gippsland Homelessness Network, Council to Homeless Persons, Homelessness Australia and Safe and Equal in their submissions for the national plan on housing and homelessness and our submission purposely closely aligns with the submissions of these aforementioned organisations. [...] The reasons for this are varying but often there are many extra pre-conditions placed upon individuals and families as they move through the various steps of the staircase to eventually get to safe, stable, and secure housing and this leads to people cycling through the various stages of homelessness repetitively and often not ever getting to those long-term solutions and being blocked at various. [...] Strategy for community education and promotion of people utilising their investment properties (or other owned properties) as a private rental are much needed to ensure the correct information is out in community Recommendation 6 Include communication and education strategy about being a rental provider in the national plan with aims to promote the balance of the residential tenancies act to the w. [...] Emergency/Crisis Response Whilst Quantum is advocating that the plan sets Australia into a preventative and housing with support focused system, the emergency/crisis response element to the SHS will always be a necessity and it is currently one of the areas of the SHS that is most under pressure and under-resourced.
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