An expert says that affordable rental housing and increased funding for homelessness services are necessary to solve Australia’s rental crisis as the country’s rental market continues to face unprecedented pressure.
Professor Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney chair of urbanism and housing expert, on Jan. 17 said housing is an issue that needs to be tackled by all three levels of government, but the state authorities are “hindering the attempts by local councils to have affordable housing outcomes, for instance, through their local planning through their local planning powers.”
“When we talk about supply, we know that actually, we don’t have a fundamental shortage of houses in Australia. We need a very particular type of supply, and that is affordable rental housing that’s really earmarked for people on low and moderate-income,” she told Sydney’s radio 2GB….