Some rent assistance is paid to households who don't much need it. Others who do need it miss out.
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Our retirement incomes system has been built around the assumption that most will own their own homes. New projections suggest it's no longer valid.
For the first time a state government housing agency has effectively contracted out all its operations in some regions, but will this improve and add to the total social housing stock?
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Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University
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Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute
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John Daley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Fellow, Grattan Institute
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University
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Research Associate, Future Social Service Institute, RMIT University
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Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Associate, Grattan Institute
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Adjunct associate, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research fellow, Curtin University
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Researcher, Grattan Institute
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Lecturer, Curtin University
