Sydney needs to catch up to other global cities with affordable housing

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 16 May 2016
We might poke fun at Malcolm Turnbull's recent remark that wealthy parents should assist their adult children to buy a home. But his quip reflects the reality that is taking hold in Sydney today. Housing has become unaffordable to all but the highest paid ... The statistics keep on coming ... An Anglicare report showed less than 1 per cent of available rentals were affordable for people on government income support payments. Advertisement....

ACTU leads coalition of unions, social services, aid and environment groups (ACTU - Australian Council of Trade Unions)

Edit Public Technologies 03 May 2016
The coalition of civil society groups is made up of a remarkably broad coalition and includes CEOs from Oxfam, Anglicare, Catholic Social Services Australia, GetUp!, the Australian Conservation Foundation, the Australia Institute, the Campaign for ... Anglicare CEO Kasy Chambers noted that Anglicare members work with more than one in thirty Australians....

Australian youth homelessness report launched (Charles Sturt University)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
(Source. Charles Sturt University) ... The landmark report was produced by Professor Steen, Associate Professor David Mackenzie from Swinburne University, Professor Paul Flatau from the University of Western Australia and funding partners The Salvation Army, Mission Australia and Anglicare Canberra & Goulburn ... 'This impacts not only on their future well-being but on Australia's economic productivity,' Professor Steen said ... (noodl....

Anglicare Rental Affordability Snapshot finds only small improvement in southern WA rents

Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 25 Apr 2016
A new study has found rental property affordability in southern WA has only slightly improved off the back of a slowdown in the mining sector ... ....

The great public housing fire sale continues, despite worsening affordability crisis

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 23 Apr 2016
It looks like a fire sale. Or an end-of-financial-year clearance ... This excludes historic terraces in Millers Point ... Advertisement ... An Anglicare report last week revealed Sydney's rental affordability crisis now extends to the outer metropolitan area ... Anglicare Sydney's chief executive Grant Millard said he would be "really concerned if there is any ongoing practise to sell off stock to fund maintenance" ... ....

Affordable accommodation pool drying up on NSW North Coast, Anglicare says

Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 21 Apr 2016
Anglicare research finds almost no affordable accommodation on New South Wales North Coast, for low income earners ... ....

Low income earners and single parents locked out of Canberra'™s rental market: Anglicare

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 21 Apr 2016
Anglicare's 7th annual Rental Affordability Snapshot surveyed 1329 rental properties advertised in Canberra and Queanbeyan on Friday, April 1 this year and found there were no affordable and suitable properties for anyone surviving on Newstart or youth allowance ... Anglicare's executive director Kasy Chambers said after seven annual snapshots it ......

Rental affordability report shows regional Australia not necessarily a better option

Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 21 Apr 2016
Moving to the country to save money on housing may not be the attractive proposition it once was, according to figures from Anglicare's annual Rental Affordability Snapshot ... ....

It’s time to celebrate Youth Week 2016 (Liverpool City Council)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
(Source ... 'It starts with us' ... Council has partnered with a number of local organisations to run the 2016 Youth Week events, including Liverpool Youth Council, The Street University, Liverpool, Headspace Liverpool, The Junction Works, South West Connect, Cucina 105, Street University, Green Valley Police, Liverpool PCYC, Westside Youth Centre, UpFront Youth, Anglicare/Reconnect, SWYPE Mission Australia, CPAC Youth and Taste Food Tours....

Anglicare

Edit Australian Broadcasting Corporation 20 Apr 2016
Less than 1 per cent of rental properties in Greater Sydney and the Illawarra are within reach of those on income support, according to Anglicare ... ....

Sydney's housing affordability crisis for low income earners is spreading, Anglicare finds

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 20 Apr 2016
Sydney's lack of affordable rental housing for those on low incomes is a "consistently depressing story", said Anglicare Sydney's chief executive Grant Millard. But Anglicare's sixth annual assessment of the rental market found the situation further down the coastline was now "significantly worse" than previous years as well. ....
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