The Albanese government is moving to implement seven legislative changes recommended by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins in her Respect@Work Report
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The Australian Human Rights Commission now faces twin crises of insufficient funding and threats to its global standing.
Weak state policies, which lack clear targets and mechanisms for providing more and better affordable housing, are part of the problem. Victoria still doesn’t have an affordable housing strategy.
Generation Rent may force a complete rethinking of home ownership as a basis of our housing systems. Rather than representing security, these housing markets make us vulnerable.
Housing affordability is often not the only problem households face. More often the compounding effects of multiple problems leave people unable to cope, which is why one solution won’t work for all.
Shared ownership schemes can unlock access to suitable housing, although these are less common in Australia than overseas. And most are not specifically tailored for people with disability.
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor in Urban Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Housing Policy Researcher, Expert Advisor, Housing Assessment Resource Tools and Adjunct Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Centre for Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
