Australian Housing Policy: Addressing the Housing Problem in the Country

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Australian Social Policy
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Australian Housing policy
There have been several issues that affects the Australian housing sector for a
mentioned period of time. This was majorly observed in the cities and towns. These problems
did drive for the development of Australian housing policy, and their struggle is currently
being for the changes that have been witnessed in the housing sector. The demand for
housing facilities in the country has been on the rise and the demand is increasing at a much
faster rate as compared to the rate of housing supply in the country. The government of
Australia had reported that the reason for a drop-in home ownership is due to a rise in severe
overcrowding in town and cities. The government had established the National Housing
Finance and Investment Corporation. It provided the low cost finance for the housing
providers and the long-term goals. The purpose of this housing facility is to support the
private and expand the housing sectors of the housing sectors. The responsibilities and duties
of the Australian government include communities, vulnerable people, seniors, settlement
services, welfare reforms, disability, carers and safety of the women. The city does not have
enough rental housing facilities, the problem of accommodation then emerges.
The government-initiated housing assisted policy, which has by far changed
sustainability with time. The government has achieved this through the provision of the social
housing together with housing assisted facilities. The government was noted to enact this
policy, shifting from low-income earners families to those who are considered more
vulnerable in the community. The government housing policies have mainly focused on the
planning and development of more affordable and accessible houses across the country and
majorly in cities where there is huge overcrowding of people. Linking this work with Council
of Australian Governments, the report concerning the cause facility showed that the
government was not working alone in fostering housing facilities to its citizens,
Commonwealth was also involved in the fight against the housing problem. These two

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focused their efforts towards ensuring a steady supply of accommodation facility, ensuring
their affordability and constructing of beautiful houses as a form of investment asset
(Arthurson, & Jacobs, 2004).
The government assisted housing policy is also currently focusing on increasing the numbers
of housing facilities as the country has for a while experiencing several tourists in the
country.
The system aims on the provision of housing facilities to the most vulnerable and mostly
in the low and moderate-income earners. The government also has a policy for consideration
of the disadvantage in the society. Together with Commonwealth, the government of
Australia has helped in shaping the housing policy through the National Affordable
Housing Agreement (NAHA). This organization works to ensure that all Australian
nationality will have access to safe, sustainable and affordable houses that will contribute the
improving the social and economic life of its citizens (Seelig et al., 2008). The government of
Australia together with Commonwealth developed the housing policy to achieve the
following objective:
i) Provision of sustainable housing facilities to people who are holes or are at a risk
of becoming homeless. This policy was to ensure that all citizens of Australia
have access to housing facilities, especially the disadvantaged and low-income
earners.
ii) Availing of affordable houses: this policy was intending to ensure that the citizens
have access to cheap and affordable houses in a measure to control private house
provider to charge exorbitant process.
iii) Ensure that every citizen has access to responsive and efficient housing market.
This policy was to ensure that those looking for houses do find them at their

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convenience by availing the available household facilities and their directory of
locality.
iv) Ensuring that Indigenous people have access to housing facilities: this mainly
focused on the disadvantaged community in Australia to ensure that they have
access to the best housing facilities in the country.
v) The indigenous community has access to better housing amenities. This policy
was put in place to ensure that there is reduced overcrowding especially in remote
areas where these low-income families are located.
The government also developed policy aimed at reforming the currently existing situation in
the country. These are focused at scenarios that will improve the housing services and
programs developed. They, for example, include aspects such as:
a) Housing integration exercise; the government through perfuming integration of
housing exercise with other mainstream especially one which generates income to
people such as employment services was formed to ensure that every citizen is
ascertained to have a comfortable housing facility. Through taking out part of their
monthly income, the government paid for their housing requirement, and there was no
excuse whatsoever for the lack of housing facility to the working class.
b) Efficiency in housing operations: the government ensured that rental houses operated
at optimal levels through the creating of employment to housing tenants who would
then maximize on the housing facilities to accommodate more people.
c) Efficiency in Housing supply: the government ensured that efficient was upheld by
tenants in the supply of housing facility for people to live in. This maximized on the
available space especially in crowded areas such as cities.