This week, the media is awash with glowing reports on the federal Labor government’s latest “measures” attempting to “ease pressures during the cost-of-living crisis”. A 10% increase for those receiving rent assistance, while rents claw ahead further, by 11% on average.
This week, as we crawl out of the coldest winter recorded in so-called Australia for more than 5 years, Homelessness Australia launches it’s annual Homelessness Week (August 5th – August 12th). Each year there is much pomp and ceremony surrounding the not-for-profit sectors […]
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In June 2024, RAHU contributed a written submission to the Victorian Labor government’s Minimum Standards for Rental Properties and Rooming Houses. The state government opened for submissions relating to the new minimum energy efficiency and safety standards proposed for rental […]
RAHU calls upon the Victorian State Government to enforce protections through the Residential Tenancies Act 1997.
The Negligent NSW Government Killed Mhey Yumol JasminRenters and Housing Union 19 June 2024 On June 1st at 1pm, the NSW Government killed Mhey Yumol Jasmin through gross negligence; their failure to fix a long-term gas leakage caused a severe […]
Evidence given on Monday by Victorian Minister for Housing Harriet Shing at the Yoorrook Justice Commission is the epitome of “all care and no responsibility”. The Yoorrook Justice Commission heard that 17 per cent of Aboriginal people living in Victoria […]
Written by RAHU member Matt Bolin Whilst you may be curious of the relevance my next article has toward housing, the nucleus that the Renters And Housing Union stands for. The answer to that question lies within the very achievement […]
The current housing crisis we are facing is one of the biggest we’ve seen in generations. Homelessness is almost at great depression era heights and no doubt will continue to spike before it reduces, It would be a fair comment to say this government and successive governments have failed to foresee this potential recipe for disaster as a subsequent result of short-sighted policies and excess indulgence on the whole concept of investment property wealth in Australia.
The Israeli siege on Gaza has pushed 50% of its population into the 151 square kilometre city of Rafah on Egypt’s border1. Close to 2 million people are stuck between this hard, militarised border and intensified airstrikes, with an Israeli […]
