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Housing & Homelessness
ACOSS welcomes expert panel on social housing
28 September 2011
The Australian Council of Social Service today welcomed the establishment of an expert panel to advise the Federal Government on improving Australia's troubled social housing system as more than... [ Read more ]
ACOSS wants housing affordability on tax reform forum agenda
14 April 2011
Today's release of the Anglicare Australia Rental Affordability Snapshot is another timely reminder of the bleak reality for people living on income support or low wages trying to keep a roof over... [ Read more ]
Inequality is growing in Australia: ACOSS
27 March 2011
The peak body for the community and social welfare sector, ACOSS, says it will use its 2011 National Conference in Melbourne this week to illustrate the worsening plight of disadvantaged groups and... [ Read more ]
ACOSS applauds Government restoration of National Rental Affordability Scheme
17 February 2011
The Australian Council of Social Service today hailed the Federal Government's decision to reverse its planned wind back of the crucial National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS).
"We had described... [ Read more ]
Alliance urges Government rethink of cuts to National Rental Affordability Scheme
8 February 2011
The National Affordable Housing Summit has arrived in Canberra to urge the Federal Government to reverse its plan to cut subsidies for private investment in low-rent housing through the National... [ Read more ]
ACOSS calls for national commitment to tackle growing inequality in Australia
10 December 2010
ACOSS STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
ACOSS CEO Dr Cassandra Goldie has used a speech to mark International Human Rights Day to declare that the community sector is more relevant today... [ Read more ]
Time Running out for an Election Focus on Affordable Housing
17 August 2010
Heading into the last week of the federal election, a national coalition of housing and community groups has called for a stronger focus on housing affordability.
The National Affordable Housing... [ Read more ]
Housing affordability should be centre of election agenda : ACOSS launches election platform
4 August 2010
ACOSS is calling for political leaders to commit to measures to improve the critical shortage of affordable housing in Australia and alleviate the acute financial pressures on low-income people.... [ Read more ]
Call for a Cross-Party Commitment to Help Homeless Australians
21 July 2010
ACOSS has called on political leaders to confirm their policies on homelessness and ensure that all Australians have a safe place to sleep. New figures from the Australian Institute of Health and... [ Read more ]
Election Should be a Contest for a Fairer Australia
19 July 2010
The federal election campaign is a time for our political leaders to set an agenda for a nation where all Australians have equal access to services are not excluded because of social or economic... [ Read more ]