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Rent assistance

Alternative labels
Rent relief
Residential tenancy support
Tenancy support
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Social security
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Rent assistance
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Safe places for the homeless to recover and isolate


The Victorian Government will use repurposed aged-care sites to provide self-isolation facilities for Victorians experiencing homelessness - helping them recover from coronavirus, or avoid infection in the first place. Initiative: Safe Places For The Homeless To Recover And Isolate Initiative: Not including Commonwealth Government financial stimulus payments in public housing rent assessments
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No social housing rent increases due to coronavirus stimulus


If you're soon to receive additional income support payments through the coronavirus stimulus, you will not have to pay more rent. Initiative: No social housing rent increases due to coronavirus stimulus
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Unprecedented new social and economic support package released


The Social and Economic Support Package we have announced today is unprecedented in the history our state in both size, and breadth. Initiative: Social and Economic Support Packages Initiative: Freeze payment of the Community Fire levy next financial year Initiative: Increase pool of available houses under Private Rental Assistance Scheme Initiative: No rental increases and...
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COVID-19 response payments not included in eligibility assessments for social housing


Public housing and community housing tenants are being advised State or Federal one-off payments or increases to statutory payments in response to COVID-19 will not be included in eligibility assessments for social housing. Initiative: COVID-19 response payments not included in eligibility assessments for social housing
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Media release 20 Mar 2020: Prime Minister


Today, the National Cabinet met again on our commitment to work together to keep Australians healthy as we can, to protect them, and to ensure that we keep Australia running together. Today, we made further decisions, many of which we've had flagged from our last meeting, that are both scalable and sustainable to ensure that...