Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018. Housing assistance in Australia 2018. Cat. no. HOU 296. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 24 January 2021, https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/housing-assistance/housing-assistance-in-australia-2018
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2018, Housing assistance in Australia 2018, viewed 24 January 2021, https://pp.aihw.gov.au/reports/housing-assistance/housing-assistance-in-australia-2018
Housing assistance in Australia 2018 provides up-to-date information relating to government funded provision of social housing, rent assistance, purchase assistance and support services to help households maintain their tenancies.
812,900 tenants in 396,100 households were living in the main social housing programs across Australia in 2016–17
Social housing stock not keeping pace with household growth; 5.1 per 100 households in 2007–08 down to 4.6, 2016–17
Community housing continues to grow, more than doubling between 2008–09 and 2016–17 (from 39,800 to 82,900 dwellings)
Waitlists for social housing remain long, with 189,400 households awaiting social housing allocation at 30 June 2017
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