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Voices of the crisis: final report from the People’s Commission into Australia’s Housing Crisis
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The People’s Commission into the Housing Crisis set out to hear from the people most affected by the housing crisis and to recognise that they are uniquely placed to offer perspectives towards solutions. This report is based on the submissions of more than 1,500 Australians who voiced their experiences and the actions that they want government to take.
The Commission has sought to understand people’s lived experiences of hardship and housing stress, the aspects of the housing crisis that most concern them, and the impacts they feel in their own lives. Community members have been invited to provide testimony highlighting the breadth, depth and scale of this crisis from multiple viewpoints, and to offer their perspectives on what needs to change.
More people are experiencing housing stress than ever before. Over 640,000 households need social housing but cannot get it, and 122,000 people experience homelessness on any given night. The report demonstrates that market solutions to the housing crisis are insufficient, and that Australian governments cannot rely on the private market to meet diverse housing needs.
Report Structure
Part 1 provides a brief overview of housing policy in Australia
Part 2 outlines the key themes raised by people who participated in the Commission and uses their words and experiences to illuminate those themes.
Part 3 connects the themes in Part II to overarching causes, which are explored in greater depth, and
Part 4 identifies four areas for reform and makes recommendations within each area.
Recommendations
- Invest in a broad-based social housing program.
- Recognise housing as a human right.
- Ensure housing assistance meets people’s needs.
- Coordinate national rental reforms that limit unfair rent increases, end no-cause evictions and enact minimum standards.
- Abolish the capital gains tax discount and negative gearing for property investors.
- Support affordable homes in sustainable and inclusive communities.
- Drive reform for First Nations housing justice.
- Enshrining people’s voices within a policy framework that is fit-for-purpose.
