#AusUPR20 Score Card: Since the last UPR, homelessness has further increased (particularly among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and older women), housing affordability has not improved, and social housing stock has continued to decline. 1/6 #Auspol
The previous national homelessness strategy has not been replaced, and there is no national plan to reduce homelessness or housing stress. Funding for the National Rental Affordability Scheme will be discontinued. 2/6
Government payments assisting renters on low incomes are inadequate, leaving nearly half of renters on low incomes in urban areas in rental stress. 3/6
Australia must develop a national homelessness and affordable housing strategy, with goals and targets underpinned by substantial funding in services, stock and support. Australia must also increase investment in new social housing that meets diverse housing needs. 4/6
The national inter-governmental funding agreement on remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing has expired, and federal funding for remote housing has been withdrawn in many states. 5/6
Australia must develop a new inter-governmental Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing strategy, which includes remote homeland communities, and is included in the Closing the Gap Targets. 6/6
Source: Australia’s Human Rights Score Card from its 3rd United Nations Universal Periodic Review NGO Coalition Report.
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