Vinnies joins class="post-template-default single single-post postid-21449 single-format-standard dt-mega-menu-active theme-wpappninja wpmobileapp wpappninja et_pb_button_helper_class et_fixed_nav et_show_nav et_secondary_nav_enabled et_secondary_nav_only_menu et_primary_nav_dropdown_animation_fade et_secondary_nav_dropdown_animation_fade et_header_style_left et_pb_footer_columns3 et_cover_background et_pb_gutter et_pb_gutters3 et_right_sidebar et_divi_theme et-db".5 billion call for homes stimulus
“A coalition of welfare and community groups, including the St Vincent de Paul Society, has called on the Federal Government to commit to a $2.5 billion stimulus package for the housing sector in the next Budget. Australians for Affordable Housing (AAH), of which the Society is a member organisation, has asked for an increase in rent assistance of up to $25 a week to help alleviate some of the housing stress in the rental market” reports the Vincentian website in Australia.
Dr John Falzon, the Society’s national council chief executive officer, said Australia cannot claim to be “the land of the fair go” as long as it persists in “denying so many of our people the right to housing”. “Over 240,000 households are waiting for public and community housing. We have long called for a significant investment to remedy this massive shortfall,” he said. [Read More]
Information source: Damir Gavorcin, The Catholic Weekly, February 15, 2012 .
Tags: Advocacy, Australia, Homelessness, housing