housing

Targeting migrants over “welfare” only exposes how cruel and unequal the rules really are

May 19, 2026

We stand in solidarity with all racialised people in the face of vicious attacks from Angus Taylor. It is convenient for people in power to use welfare recipients and migrants as scapegoats for problems they have not caused.

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Advocacy groups push for Chalmers to scrap $20b housing tax breaks before budget

April 21, 2026

Antipoverty Centre

Update

Australia is in a housing crisis. Rents are unaffordable. Homelessness is rising. Public housing waitlists stretch decades. And every year, the federal government hands $20 billion in tax breaks to property investors.

Change to Commonwealth Rent Assistance excludes millions and is embarrassingly low

September 2, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

In response to the government’s announcement of a 10% change to the maximum rate of Commonwealth Rent Assistance, the Antipoverty Centre is calling on the government to stop tinkering with Centrelink payments and take meaningful action so that welfare recipients are no longer left behind.

MEDIA ALERT: Community groups to call for government action on unsafe temperatures in social housing

March 26, 2024

Antipoverty Centre

Update

Poor people are paying the price with their health and bills after a record breaking summer

Welfare recipients to tell senate inquiry Labor’s housing fund will fail

March 15, 2023

Antipoverty Centre

Update

Labor is wasting its opportunity for generational housing reform on a policy that will take us backwards and may not deliver any homes at all. It is time for a return to more universal access to public housing.

TONIGHT: Antipoverty Centre to launch housing payment proposal at election briefing event

May 4, 2022

Antipoverty Centre

Update

Social security system needs major overhaul to support people into work and out of unsafe homes.

Productivity Commission homelessness report shows urgent need for higher JobSeeker payment

January 25, 2022

Antipoverty Centre

Update

At the height of the Omicron crisis people are at greater risk than ever. There is no excuse for inaction.

Transform income support to reduce youth homelessness

June 16, 2021

Antipoverty Centre

Update

We need a dramatic increase in public housing. There is no way to structure income support payments that doesn't create an opportunity for landlords to extract wealth from the poorest people in society.