0.4% of one-bedroom rentals and 12% of three-bedroom rentals are affordable in Melbourne. DHS classifies affordable housing as 30% or less of household income going to rent. Where I live in Melbourne the rent has gone up 70% since I left highschool. Almost everyone I know is sharing housing with others, and a growing portion of them are sharing rooms, living in tents in peoples backyards, in sheds, caravans or squatting some of the 90,000+ empty houses in Melbourne. There are 200 fewer public housing dwellings this year than there was last year, yet still 35,000 people waiting for public housing. If youre not on the priority list it is unlikely you will be housed. Among those lucky enough to get a public housing apartment was Donovan Willis, who spent a year in and out of homelessness last year, while also caring for his nine-year-old daughter. We couch surfed for a little while, then [housing agency] HomeGround put us in hotels for a while, Mr Willis said. The private rental market is broken, Ms Toohey said. RMIT urban policy expert Jago Dodson said Australia was failing to meet its obligation to provide everyone with access to housing they could afford.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:58:51 +0000
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