Australia’s capital city Lord Mayors and the ACT Chief
Minister ask the Federal Government to prioritise social
and affordable housing in inner-cities as a key infrastructure
priority.
The Council of Capital City Lord Mayors (CCCLM) calls
on the Federal Government to work with states and
territories to fund and deliver the urgent development
of inner-city sites as social and affordable housing.
This would have a transformative effect on Australia’s
economy and society:
• Providing a vital pathway out of homelessness and
preventing people from becoming homeless by rapidly
increasing social housing stock;
• Addressing extreme and severe rental stress
experienced by people on low incomes in the private
rental market by enabling them to rent affordable
housing;
• Addressing the housing affordability crisis by ensuring
essential and key workers such as nurses, paramedics,
teachers, retail and hospitality staff can afford to live
in our cities; and
• Generating jobs in the construction sector providing
much needed support for this sector of the economy.