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Public Housing Campaign
A coalition of Community Organisations including National Shelter, ACOSS, The Community Housing Federation of Australia, Queensland Shelter and about 50 others have embarked on an Australia Fair campaign calling for an increase in national public housing funding. Read more »
NAHA Analysis
Mary Perkins from Shelter NSW has been kind enough to provide us with a succinct and well developed overview of the NAHA, released at last weeks COAG meeting.
The article outlines all elements of the NAHA and clearly states the direction of funding.
For further information on the NAHA please contact the QShelter office on 3318 4002.
The Road Home: A national approach to reducing homelessness
Click here to view the Federal Government's White Paper on Homelessness - The Road Home: A national approach to reducting homelessness.
Green Loans for Community Housing - consultations
On July 1 2009 the Australian Government launched the Green Loans Program. The aim of the program is to assist households in becoming more energy and water efficient. Read more »
National Shelter Seniors Report
Following a series of National consultations earlier this year, National Shelter has released a final report which looks at housing as it relates to older people and alternative housing options available.
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Call for NRAS round four applications
Minister for Housing, Tanya Plibersek today announced that round four applications for the National Rental Affordability Scheme round will open on June 14.
This round will encourage applications from investors wanting to build at least 20 new affordable rental homes for low and moderate income households, with priority given to applications to build 100 or more homes.
Applications for round four will be assessed as they are received. The round will close on December 14, 2010. Read more »
COAG Reform Review Media Release: Panel to drive COAG’s capital cities review
The Prime Minister last week announced the expert advisory panel to support the COAG Reform Council to review the consistency of capital cities strategic planning systems with new national criteria.
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Policy Review Discussion Paper
The discussion paper for Q Shelter's policy platform review is now available here.
The discussion paper is intended to provide context of the housing system on a state and federal level, in order to develop Queensland Shelter future policy positions.
Reducing homelssness in Queensland - June 2010 bulletin
The department of communities have released the Reducing Homelessness in Queensland Bulletin for June 2010. The bulletin provides an update on a number of programs and initiatives relating to homelessness in Queensland.
The bulletin is available here.
National Affordable Housing Summit Group forum
Q Shelter participated in a national roundtable convened by the National Affordable Housing Summit group on Friday 16 July. The aim of the meeting was to garner feedback in relation to the implementation of the programs established over the last few years in an effort to boost the supply of affordable rental housing. The Social Housing Initiative of the Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan was discussed and particular interest was shown regarding the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS).
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