The impact of Rent Assistance on housing affordability for low-income renters

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The Commonwealth Government’s $3.6 billion annual Rent Assistance program is not helping all those Australians who need it. Problems in the design of the Rent Assistance program, combined with inadequate levels of Allowance payments for unemployed people and students, are exacerbating the extreme rates of housing stress that are impacting hundreds of thousands of individuals and families. Rent Assistance has failed to keep up with surging rental costs. As a consequence, significant numbers of unemployed people and students are facing extreme housing costs, with little left over for food, utilities or to look for work.
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