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In 2021 Shelter Tasmania commissioned Professor Peter Phibbs to conduct a study into the impact of short-term rentals on Tasmania housing markets and how it affects the availability of housing (particularly for long-term rentals) for Tasmanian residents. The Baseline Report made a number of initial findings and recommendations about the current short-term rental market and its implications for the Tasmanian …

The 2022 Shelter Tas Annual Report highlights the range of our systemic work, and the continued dedication of our members across the state to deliver more safe and affordable homes and better housing outcomes, in a highly challenging environment. Click here to view the 2022 Shelter Tas Annual Report.

Shelter Tas’ submission to the State Government Budget Process 2023-24 highlights the need for major sector reform against a backdrop of a chronic shortage of affordable homes, and systemic and structural challenges in the housing system. House prices and rental costs are growing much faster than people’s incomes, with the worst impacts on those who can least afford higher prices. …

Shelter Tas welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Consultation Draft for the Tasmanian Planning Policies (the Draft TPP). As noted in our 2021 submission to the Scoping Paper for the draft Tasmanian Planning Policies, this is a rare opportunity to make an important difference to the planning principles that will “shape the future for Tasmania through strategic land use …

The development of the Tasmanian Housing Strategy is a significant opportunity to take a longer-term view of the well-documented and chronic shortage of affordable homes in Tasmania, that leads to many Tasmanians living in housing stress and crisis. The development of the Strategy is also timely, as it coincides with opportunities to align with Federal directions (including the new National …

Shelter Tas welcomes the opportunity to respond to the State Planning Provisions Review scoping paper. This is an opportunity to make an important difference to Tasmania’s planning rules. Good planning is essential to ensure that all Tasmanians can find the homes they need, including facilitating an adequate supply of social and affordable homes. With the current twenty-year Tasmanian Housing Strategy …

Too many Tasmanians are facing the cold realities of housing hardship and homelessness this winter. The first week in August each year is national Homelessness Week, which aims to raise awareness of people experiencing homelessness and end it for good. This is more than just another week on the calendar, as we know that people are living with housing hardship …

The draft Housing Tasmania Bill 2022 will establish a new statutory authority, currently named Housing Tasmania, which will be an entity in the Public Non-Financial Corporate Sector. This is a significant change for the Tasmanian housing and homelessness sector as the new agency will become the funding body for the majority of our members, including the specialist homelessness services and …

This independently funded report was commissioned by Shelter Tas and produced by Emeritus Professor Peter Phibbs. The baseline report is the first in a 3 year project, and future reports continuing this research will deliver a series of ongoing ‘real time’ snapshot reports of Tasmania’s short-term rental market and their impact on the overall Tasmanian housing markets. Read ‘Monitoring the …

It is always distressing to see people who are at risk of losing their stable rental homes. Too many Tasmanians are facing this trauma, with some recent examples highlighted due to the expiry of the National Rental Affordability Scheme. The Mercury and others have showcased the experiences of tenants who are losing their home of ten years. A program dedicated …