Shelter Tas welcomes more social housing

The injection of $12 million in Community Housing Grants is a much needed boost to social housing supply and the added bonus that this housing stays affordable for people in the long term. We welcome the spot purchase of properties which enable people to be in a safe and affordable home quickly. Read more…

Hobart’s worsening rental crisis confirmed by latest data

Shelter Tas, Tasmania’s peak body for housing and homelessness, is deeply concerned at the escalating levels of unaffordable rents, reported in the latest Rental Affordability Index (RAI) produced by SGS Economics & Planning, National Shelter, Community Sector Banking and the Brotherhood of St Laurence. “Rental affordability in Tasmania has nosedived since the RAI began in 2015. Hobart is again the …

Housing myths busted as Tasmania ranks number one for households in rental stress – with 1 in 3 Tasmanian renters now struggling

The University of NSW analysis for national housing campaign, Everybody’s Home, shows that Tasmania is ranked number one out of all the states for the estimated proportion of the state’s households experiencing rental stress. Out of the 55,467 households that are renting in Tasmania, 34% of them are living in rental stress, a 17% increase since 2011. Read more…