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We have an offering in my city where apartments/housing is dedicated for a mix of homeless and low-income earners, with on-site support/training. I don't know i
by prawn 4y ago
We have an offering in my city where apartments/housing is dedicated for a mix of homeless and low-income earners, with on-site support/training. I don't know if it's changed slightly, but I remember something about it originally having a mix including more typical renters as well. I think the idea was that each tenant would be exposed to a mix of people rather than all near-homeless risking it becoming a ghetto.
https://www.housingchoices.org.au/south-australia/common-ground-adelaide-and-port-augusta/ https://www.housingchoices.org.au/south-australia/common-gro...
https://community.solutions/about-us/the-team/rosanne-haggerty/ https://community.solutions/about-us/the-team/rosanne-hagger...
Traditionally, welfare housing here is/was clumped in squat, dingy homes and made for less-desirable areas with depressed pricing.
There was also a scheme (NRAS?) whereby property owners could receive a tax rebate in exchange for offering their property at below market rent. Not sure if it's still active.
"NRAS, which commenced in 2008, provides an annual financial incentive for up to 10 years to approved participants who rent dwellings to eligible people on low to moderate incomes at a rate at least 20 per cent below market rent. NRAS dwellings are not social housing–they are affordable private rental homes."
https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/housing-support/programmes-services/national-rental-affordability-scheme https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/housing-support/...