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25.01.2022 The Democratic Labour Party housing commitments are here: You can read more here: https://dlp.org.au/policy-housing/

25.01.2022 https://www.ahuri.edu.au//why-building-housing-infrastruct

22.01.2022 It has been several weeks since Federal Cabinet told media it wanted to ban evictions due to rent arrears for tenants who have had their household income smashed by the thing. There has been a lot of chatter about landlords not being able to evict or authorise their agents to do it for them. There have been claims tenants no longer have to pay rent. As it stands the situation has not changed legally for tenants in private rental in Canberra. ... You can be served a Notice to Remedy when you fall more than 7 days behind in rent. If you don't remedy (pay $ owing), you can be served a Notice to Vacate (eviction notice). This may soon change. The ACT Assembly included the Residential Tenancies Act in its omnibus public health emergency legislation. This confers to Attorney General Ramsay the authority to amend the Act by regulation to support the objectives of the public health emergency. Chiefly, to provide for negotiations around rent reductions (tied to Land Tax Relief and to temporarily revoke Termination by Lessor provisions for rent arrears. Canberra Tenants are in touch with the AG to lobby for stronger measures and clarity for tenants. Legal Aid are the funded legal advice and assistance provider for private tenants in the ACT. They are hosting an online forum on COVID19 and renting from 6pm.

20.01.2022 Sustainable Australia Party (ACT) housing commitments are here: You can read more here: https://www.sustainableaustralia.org.au/act

19.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/events/1185668545144061/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D]%7D

19.01.2022 The Liberal Democratic Party of Australia (ACT) Housing commitments are here: You can read more here: https://www.ldp.org.au/act2020

18.01.2022 What would you like us to tell the Federal Expenditure Review Committee in our letter about raising the rate of the Jobseeker (newstart, parenting and youth allowance) payment? We are sending it on 12 November https://raisetherate.org.au/

18.01.2022 The Canberra Progressives Housing Commitments now... Read more here: https://canberra.progressives.org.au/platform

15.01.2022 Greetings and welcome to our first foray on this platform, We promise more exciting posts in future but first, here are a handful of housekeeping matters from Canberra's housing peak... Posting to this page: 1) We encourage debate and discussion, we welcome critical analysis and we know from our work - a lot of people are passionate about housing! ... Therefore, we also encourage keeping comments constructive and critiques grounded in evidence and experience. All posts are moderated and those that attack people, rather than proposals, won't make it to the wall. Think of it as a retaining wall, in housing vernacular. 2) How your posts will be used by us: ACT Shelter is compliant with the Privacy Act 1988 and aligned Territory Confidentiality legislation. We will not use comments or excerpts of comments you post to this page in the provision of strategic advice to Government, members and stakeholders. We may follow up on issues you flag but we will not identify our sources. If anything on here, unduly worries you. Please message us, or unlike and unfollow. 3) Our advocacy & strategic advice: We do not advocate on behalf of individuals, providers or job roles. We can probably tell you who to talk to who might - but our advocacy is systemic. 4) We are a Registered Charity: ACT Shelter is a Registered Charitable Organisation with the Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission. You can find out more about us from the regulator, here: https://tinyurl.com/rwpxn7c 5) Compliance with ACT Electoral Legislation: For the purposes of compliance with the Australian Capital Territory Electoral Act 1988, all Posts by ACT Shelter to this page are written and authorised by Travis Gilbert. https://www.elections.act.gov.au//act_electoral_legislation Thanks for your patience, welcome to our page!

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14.01.2022 #APW2020 raisetherate.org.au

14.01.2022 A welcome development that people involved with ACT Shelter past and present have advocated for since the Asbestos Demolition and Removal Program was initiated to compulsorily acquire 1000 'Mr Fluffy' blocks

13.01.2022 Broadly we are satisfied with ambitious - yet achievable housing, homelessness and related legislative and planning reform commitments in the Parliamentary & Governing Agreement for the 10th Assembly. The affordable & social housing supply measures strike a balance between the Chief and Deputy's determination to see homes let to Canberrans deemed highest need, lowest income owned & managed by HACT (400 for quintile 1) & the desire of Community Housing Providers to play a gre...Continue reading

13.01.2022 Here are the ACT Greens housing commitments: You can read more here: https://greens.org.au/act/a-home-for-all

12.01.2022 https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/housing-canberra-affordably

12.01.2022 G'day Facebookers, the Australiam Government will deliver its May Budget in October because... 2020 We are urging as many people as possible to join the e-mail action to Treasurer Frydenberg urging him to put social housing front and centre of further economic stimulus. Our CEO wrote a lengthy accompanying letter, but you just need to fill in name and e-mail field forms via Everybody's Home... https://everybodyshome.com.au/email-josh-frydenberg/ Can we ask you to spread this further and wider than a virus with pandemic potential. Thanks in advance.

11.01.2022 The Parliamentary Agreement to provide confidence and supply to the 10th Legislative Assembly of the ACT is available to download here... It's fair to say, we welcome the housing and homelessness commitments and commit to working with the new Assembly to ensure their anticipated positive impact is maximised. https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au//Parliamentary-Agreement-for

07.01.2022 The Community Action Party's Housing Commitments are here: You can read more here: http://cap.org.au/policies/housing

03.01.2022 CEO of Berry Street, Michael Perusco with an op ed on the $5.3b public, social (CHOs - income-based rent setting) and affordable rental (74.9% of median area market rent) housing stimulus package tabled in the Victorian state budget. https://amp-theage-com-au.cdn.ampproject.org//investing-in

02.01.2022 Four years ago today...