2023
Hobart renters are exposed to the toughest conditions in the country, with the broader Tasmanian market not far behind, according to a landmark annual study that cross references incomes against rents and shows Tasmanians earning low incomes are bearing the brunt of the crisis.Read more here.
Homelessness Week is a national event held each year during the first week of August, which aims to raise awareness of people experiencing homelessness, the issues they face and what is needed to end homelessness. As the peak body for housing and homelessness, Shelter Tas co-ordinates the planning for Homelessness Week in Tasmania and showcases the Tasmanian events calendar on our website.Read more here.
“Reporting on the housing and homelessness portfolio has changed in today’s State Budget, with the establishment of Homes Tasmania. The importance of housing and support for Tasmanians in need has not changed. Tasmania continues to face a housing crisis. To address this crisis, our decisionmakers need to put housing at the heart of every relevant policy, including health and education, population, urban renewal and significant infrastructure projects,” said Pattie Chugg, CEO of Shelter Tasmania, the state’s peak body for housing and homelessness services. Read more here.
“With our community facing cost of living pressures, escalating housing costs, and over 40,000 households managing the stress of high rents in the tight and competitive private rental market, Shelter Tas calls for stronger targets and further investment in social and affordable rental housing in this week’s State Budget. Investment in social and affordable housing is the foundation for building our community,” Shelter Tas CEO, Pattie Chugg said. Read more here.
Shelter Tas, Tasmania’s peak body for affordable housing and homelessness services, welcomes the release of Anglicare’s annual Rental Affordability Snapshot and supports it key findings. Today’s Snapshot confirms the expanding affordability gap between people’s incomes and the rising cost of rents in Tasmania. Read more here.
Collectively, YNOT, Shelter Tasmania, TasCOSS, Colony 47, Youth, Family & Community Connections, Anglicare Tasmania and Youth Futures lend our support to the national campaign which calls on the Australian Government to develop a standalone, targeted strategy to end child and youth homelessness. Read more here.
Shelter Tas, Tasmania’s peak body for housing and homelessness, is deeply concerned by new Census data released today, showing a dramatic rise in the number of Tasmanians who were counted as being homeless at the 2021 Census. Read more here.
Tasmania is amid a housing crisis with thousands of Tasmanians experiencing housing stress and homelessness. New analysis by CHIA and the UNSW City Futures Research Centre based on census data has found 6.2 per cent of Hobart households and 6.5 per cent of Launceston and North East households are not appropriately housed. Read more here.
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