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Housing assistance in Australia 2014
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Topic: Housing assistance
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) Housing assistance in Australia 2014, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 25 April 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Housing assistance in Australia 2014. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Housing assistance in Australia 2014. AIHW, 2014.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Housing assistance in Australia 2014. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, Housing assistance in Australia 2014, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report presents information on trends and issues in housing policy, housing affordability and housing assistance provided to populations with special needs. As housing and rental affordability declines, the need for housing assistance continues to increase, with 1.3 million recipients of Commonwealth Rental Assistance and over 400,000 households living in social housing. Of those households who were recently provided assistance through social housing, the majority were identified as either homeless or at risk of homelessness.
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-647-4
- Cat. no: HOU 275
- Pages: 105
Findings from this report:
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Demand for housing is outstripping supply. There was a shortfall of around 284,000 dwellings in 2011
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Rental stress has increased among low-income households; from 37% in 2007-08 to 44% in 2011-12
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There were around 1.3 million recipients for Commonwealth Rent Assistance as at June 30, 2013
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Around 217,000 households were on social housing waitlists as at 30 June 2013