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2021 State Election Update
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Solving Tasmania's housing crisis: the key challenge for Tasmania's next government
When a new Tasmanian Government is elected in May, its number one challenge will be solving the housing crisis for all Tasmanians, especially for renters earning low incomes, who are worst affected by the housing crisis.
One in four Tasmanians are renting, and most of Tasmania’s low income households are renting in the private rental market. According to the Rental Affordability Index, Hobart is the least affordable capital city in Australia, and the rest of Tasmania is the least affordable ‘rest of state’ area. The RAI measures the cost of people’s rent compared to their incomes... Read the full article on the Shelter Tas website.
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Shelter Tas' key priorities for election 2021:
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- Fund the community and public housing sector to deliver an additional 1,000 social housing dwellings per year for this 4 year term of government, and commit to the 10 year target of 10% of all Tasmanian dwellings to be affordable social housing.
- Set a timeline to strengthen, reform and modernise the Residential Tenancy Act to improve conditions in Tasmania’s rental market.
- Ensure that the comprehensive Tasmanian Housing Strategy (recommended by PESRAC) prioritises social and affordable rental housing and includes a housing focus in all policies approach.
- Commit to ongoing and sustainable funding to enable the homelessness sector to provide support, and tenancy services to meet increasing demand across Tasmania.
- Commit to affordable housing in all neighbourhoods, including in-fill development in established inner-city suburbs; and measures to ensure that Local Government Planning Schemes and infrastructure (power, water and sewerage) do not delay the delivery of affordable and social housing.
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Election Information from the Major Parties
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For more information on election policies and announcements, click the following links for:
You can also click here to view the ABC's State election 'promise tracker', which summarises the major parties' election promises around housing (and other issues, if you would like to read further).
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Peak Bodies' Joint Statement on Tasmanian Election Priorities
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The peak bodies representing Tasmania's community service organisations (including Shelter Tas) have come together to support the sector's workforce and urge the State's next political leaders to commit to the following priorities within 100 days of forming government:
- Partner with Tasmania's community services industry to deliver 4,000 new jobs by 2024, which are needed to address workforce and community needs
- Support the development of a Community Services Co-ordination Group to identify recovery activities in response to areas of community need
- Implement minimum 5 year funding models for community service organisations.
Click here to read the Peak's joint statement, as well as links to the election priorities from individual organisations.
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