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New research shows how much we’d need to increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance to bring retirees who rent out of poverty.
A larger than expected drop in inflation data has boosted the chances of an interest rate cut as soon as February.
There are no ‘silver bullet’ solutions to a crisis that has left both renters and owners struggling. Only a comprehensive package of bold policies can ensure all Australians are securely housed.
Rent assistance can ease rental stress, but it won’t help low-income earners find secure and affordable housing when it’s in such short supply, nor stop disadvantage being concentrated in some areas.
The big increases quoted are for “asking rents”. The rents paid by existing renters are climbing more slowly.
Some rent assistance is paid to households who don’t much need it. Others who do need it miss out.
Once rent is paid, having to live on only $14 a day doesn’t cover the costs of job seeking. The evidence of the need to increase Newstart and Rent Allowance is overwhelming.
People over 65 who still have a mortgage or are renting are projected to double in number by 2031. The trend is likely to hit government budgets and leave more retirees in poverty.
Our retirement incomes system has been built around the assumption that most will own their own homes. New projections suggest it’s no longer valid.
For the first time a state government housing agency has effectively contracted out all its operations in some regions, but will this improve and add to the total social housing stock?
Super is the wrong tool to provide an adequate support in retirement for low-income earners. Our research shows top-up measures to help this group are poorly targeted and too expensive.
Top contributors
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, RMIT University
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Researcher, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Applied economics and econometrics, Curtin University
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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Teaching Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Denver
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Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Denver
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Denver; Institute for Humane Studies
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Adjunct associate, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Research fellow, Curtin University