Housing and homelessness

Mission Australia is a supporter of Make Renting Fair QLD campaign and supported the proposed legislative amendments that were closely aligned with the campaign. We also made additional recommendations in relation to strengthening capacity of tenants to exercise and enforce their rights, additional financial and other supports for people experiencing additional challenges in the rental market such as people with disability, people experiencing financial disadvantages and those escaping domestic and family violence.

Mission Australia’s submission encouraged the Federal Treasury to take into account the needs of people experiencing financial disadvantages. The submission made a range of recommendations including the need to increase access to safe, secure and affordable housing and equity across the retirement income system.

We made a submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care on Aged Care Program Redesign focusing on the needs of older people who have experienced or at risk of homelessness, challenges experienced by diverse groups of people and those living in rural and remote areas.

This submission highlighted the urgent requirement for the South Australian government to increase investment in social and affordable homes through a long-term and sustainable strategy as well as the need for a diverse range of early intervention and prevention services across the state.

Mission Australia’s submission to the Tasmanian House of Assembly Select Committee on Housing Affordability focuses on the need for significant progress on reducing homelessness and investment in social and affordable housing to achieve this goal.