We have decades upon decades upon decades of bipartisan inaction on public housing to blame for this and currently no government has a serious policy in place to address that.

“Social and affordable” isn’t the same as public and the abject failure of the model is exemplified by Victoria’s homelessness numbers. We can not afford to repeat it nationally.

It’s a fucking travesty that Australia can’t do public housing like Singapore’s HDB/CPF, how can people be expected to do anything when their basic needs are not being met 😭 like a roof over your head, what?

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The housing crisis and rising financial stress are pushing more than 1,600 people into homelessness each month as demand for sheltering services soars, a report has found.

Kate Colvin, the chief executive of Homelessness Australia, said the rapidly rising number of people seeking help made it harder for services to provide it.

They argue the federal government should establish minimum rent standards to protect Australians from cost spikes and poor-quality dwellings.

The organisations, which include tenant unions, housing providers and domestic violence services, signed a statement to the Senate’s rental crisis inquiry saying the market was characterised by “instability, insecurity, and a lack of adequate protections”.

Max Chandler-Mather, the Greens’ housing spokesperson, claimed the federal government was “pretending” it couldn’t do more on coordinating rent freezes.

He noted national cabinet was already considering broader action on renters’ rights and that state leaders had already instituted caps in the energy market.

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My parents are on the verge of homelessness and it’s bloody hard to keep their heads above water now. If it all goes pear shaped I’m hunting LNP