housing in Australia is the damaging outcome of The goal of the Commission has been to explore the policy actions taken by decision-makers, and the housing crisis through a range of perspectives. [...] understand people’s experiences of hardship and housing stress, the aspects of the housing crisis that Yet the language of crisis remains vital for the most concern them, and the impacts they feel in their simple reason that it is the best way to describe the own lives. [...] Most include the lack of affordability of housing; issues witnesses gave permission to use their first names surrounding the security and stability of housing; the in the hearings and in subsequent materials, and conditions people are living in; the shortfall of social direct quotes are attributed to them throughout this housing; and people’s experiences of government report on that basis. [...] These include the need for government to take responsibility for ensuring all people are housed; reform of policy settings to emphasise the right to housing over returns for investors; reforms to promote security and affordability for renters; and the need for government programs and systems to help people, restore dignity and provide immediate relief. [...] Our recommendations stem from the evidence presented through the course of the People’s Commission and draw on the weight of broader research by bodies such as the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council, and advice to governments through numerous inquiry processes.
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Table of Contents
- Foreword 4
- Introduction 5
- About the People’s Commission into the Housing Crisis 6
- About this report 7
- Recommendations to transform Australia’s housing system 8
- Part I An overview of housing policy in Australia 12
- Early Developments and Post-War Boom 13
- Expansion of Public Housing 13
- Shift to Market-Oriented Policies 13
- Focus on Home Ownership 14
- Contemporary Challenges and Policies 14
- Part II Voices of the crisis: Living on the frontline of Australia’s housing crisis 16
- People are being priced out of housing 18
- Organisations are seeing the impact of housing stress 21
- People are being denied stability 25
- People are living in poor conditions 27
- People are waiting years for the homes they need 29
- More people are becoming homeless 32
- Systems trap people instead of helping them 33
- Governments are subsidising an unfair housing system 36
- Part III Understanding the issues, finding the solutions 40
- Governments have stepped back from social housing 41
- The private market is not delivering the homes people need 41
- Policy settings contribute to an unfair housing system 43
- Australia’s systems assume that most people will own a home 43
- Part IV Hearing people’s voices: Recommendations for change 46
- Government must take responsibility for ensuring all people are housed 47
- Conclusion 58
- Appendices 60
- Appendix 1: List of participating Ministers and Departments 61
- Appendix 2: List of participating organisations 61
- Appendix 3: Organisational submission survey 62
- Appendix 4: Individual submission survey 63
- Appendix 5: List of in-person hearings and witnesses 65
