A conversation with Suburban Futures’ Ross Elliot. Ross Elliott has had a distinguished career in the property industry with a background in construction, design, project management, engineering, economics, and development. He is recognised for his expertise in urban development and is Chair of the Lord Mayor’s Better Suburbs Initiative and on the National Executive Committee…
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‘Invisible homeless deaths’: An estimated 90 rough sleepers died in Queensland last year.
Micah Projects CEO Karyn Walsh talked with The Westender yesterday about new research by the Australian Alliance to End Homelessness (AAEH) and the University of Western Australia (UWA), revealing an estimated 90 people died while sleeping rough in Queensland last year. The national estimate is 424 deaths.[1]. The AAEH and Micah say these numbers are…
Urgent need for a National approach to social housing
The JobSeeker supplement has improved rental affordability for Newstart households across the country. However, recipients are still facing moderate to extreme rental stress nationwide according to the latest release of the Rental Affordability Index (RAI).