Tackling under 16 youth homelessness miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NEW legislation to ease hardship on prospective tenants is attempting to increase the number of affordable homes in the market.
The scheme will “indefinitely” extend land tax exemptions for generous landlords who rent out their properties at less than 75 per cent of market rates.
The ACT government said the measures amid the ongoing rental crisis will also reduce the liabilities on the dwellings to help address affordability issues across Canberra.
Chief Minister Andrew Barr said landlords can reduce their land tax “completely” on low to moderate incomes through a registered community housing provider.
The changes to ACT property laws was passed in the Legislative Assembly this week that removed the expiry date of the past scheme, which has been increased from 125 to 250 available properties.
New report highlights help provided by Specialist Homelessness Services in communities across Australia miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Australians fleeing family and domestic violence are increasingly accessing government-funded homelessness agencies, but not all requests for help are being met, a report reveals.
The Specialist Homelessness Services 2019/20 annual report shows 119,182 of 290,462 clients experiencing or at-risk of homelessness - or just over 40 per cent - had gone through some form of family and domestic violence.
That s up almost 3,000 people from 116,419 over the previous 12-month period, with women making up 90 per cent of adults in this category.
Just over half of clients under 18 were also affected by family and domestic violence, but it was less skewed along gender lines.