A national housing campaign is calling for Commonwealth Rent Assistance to go up by at least 50 per cent, with nearly one in two recipients in rental stress.
Nearly 54 per cent of households receiving the payment in the ACT are in rental stress, along with almost 47 per cent of recipients in New South Wales. Figures from Victoria are also above the national average.The Productivity Commission report also shows that nearly 72 per cent of rent assistance recipients would have experienced rental stress without the payment.
"About 33 per cent [of clients] that we saw in the past few months that are struggling to pay their rent are receiving rent assistance," Ms Elvey said. He says he puts everything into his housing because he cannot afford to lose the three-bedroom house where he and his daughters are living."I've got a friend looking for a house at the moment, and there's 70 people going for a house, so I make sure I keep that rent up, but the shortfall comes with everything else," he said.Housing and homelessness services provider Haven; Home, Safe had more than 1,500 new regional clients who sought support for the first time last year.
At Bendigo Family and Financial Services, Ms Elvey said many people had found their rents had risen since COVID-19 restrictions relaxed. In a statement, social services minister Amanda Rishworth said rent assistance was indexed to CPI twice a year to keep pace with increases in the cost of living.
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