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Anglicare: Rental affordability ‘the worst it has ever been’

Anglicare’s 2024 Rental Affordability Snapshot shows that welfare recipients and minimum wage earners cannot afford to rent in Canberra.

Anglicare: Essential workers have nowhere to live in the ACT

“If no action is taken, both the workforce crisis and the housing crisis will continue to grow,” Anglicare's latest report warns.

Opinion: Better Renting’s solutions for the ACT’s housing crisis

Joel Dignam, executive director of advocacy group Better Renting, shares his views on Anglicare’s Rental Affordability Snapshot.

Opinion: Flawed Labor / Greens policy caused ACT housing crisis

Mark Parton MLA, Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness, responds to Anglicare’s annual Rental Affordability Snapshot.

Anglicare: ACT’s ‘significant crisis’ of rental affordability

Anglicare’s Rental Affordability Snapshot shows that housing in the national capital is unaffordable for many Canberrans - and worsening.

Junction Youth’s mobile health clinic for young Canberrans

Anglicare’s Junction Youth Health Service in Civic is going on the road to reach young people in Canberra's north and south.

ACT pilot program to help vulnerable youth reach driving potential

Anglicare will soon pilot a Learner Driver Program for a select group young people in the ACT who would otherwise struggling to fulfill Access Canberra’s updated requirements for a provisional drivers licence.

Anglicare Australia calls for rental reform to address housing crisis

Australia's housing system is not just broken but in meltdown, and all levels of government must take urgent action to fix the crisis, Anglicare Australia says.

Anglicare snapshot highlights ACT rental crisis

There is a “distressing” lack of affordable housing options in Canberra, according to Anglicare’s latest rental affordability snapshot, which found essentially no affordable, appropriate properties for a number of groups on income support payments.

Canberrans on JobSeeker struggle to pay for food

The removal of the Coronavirus Supplement, effective today, will push people on JobSeeker “deeper into poverty”, according to ACTCOSS.

Canberra students take up ‘Pens Against Poverty’

Students from over 30 schools across the Canberra region and now across Australia put pen to paper in support of Anti-Poverty Week (11-17 October) as part of Anglicare’s ‘Pens Against Poverty’ schools...

ACTCOSS backs Liberals’ poverty commission plan

The ACT Council of Social Service has welcomed an election commitment from the Canberra Liberals to establish a commission examining poverty in the ACT.

Rental snapshot paints grim picture amidst pandemic

The annual Rental Affordability Snapshot from Anglicare has once again highlighted the lack of affordable housing for low income households in the ACT and Queanbeyan. This year’s report comes as people grapple with...

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