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STATE OF THE HOUSING INDUSTRY PRESENTATION
AUSTRALIA
IHA Secretariat
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COUNTRY:
Australia
NAME OF ORGANIZATION: Housing Industry Association
1- ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW:
HIA has over 30,000 members nationally. Membership includes home
builders (30%), trade contractors (35%), product manufacturers &
suppliers (15%) and related trade professionals (20%)
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2- HOUSING ECONOMIC STATISTICS:
Starts:
Per cent
Numbers
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Single Family (detached) annual growth to June 2016
- 1.03
115,503
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Multifamily (multi-units) annual growth to June 2016
11.4
113,901
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) $bn (June Qtr 2016)
GDP Growth (annual growth to June Qtr 2016)
GDP Per Capita (annual growth to June Qtr 2016)
House Price Index capital cities (annual growth to Sept Qtr
2016)
$421.73
2.9
1.6
$69,605
7.1
$575,000
Consumer Price Index (annual growth to June Qtr 2016)
1.00
Unemployment (August 2016)
Home Mortgage Interest Rate (discounted variable
5.6
rate, Sept 2016)
713,300
4.5
Home Ownership Rate (Yr to June 2014)
67
Population Growth/Net (annual growth to March 2016)
1.4
24,051,400
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The IHA defines social housing as housing subsidized by governments that is made available to those
who would otherwise be unable to afford to obtain suitable and adequate housing in the private market.
HOW IS SOCIAL HOUSING ADDRESSED IN YOUR COUNTRY?
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Social housing is defined as rental housing that state and territory governments provide
and manage. Included are households residing in public rental dwellings where the
dwelling is either:
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owned by the housing authority
leased from the private sector or other housing program areas and used to provide public rental housing
leased to public housing tenants
1. What is the status of social housing?
(i.e.; what is the social housing share of total housing units in your country, and how rapidly is the social housing stock
growing each year? are new innovations being considered?, etc.)
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As at 30 June 2014, there were 427,600 social housing dwellings—an increase from 412,400
dwellings in 2007–08. However, the distribution of dwellings across social housing programs has
changed over time.
As at 30 June 2014, the overall occupancy rate for public housing dwellings was 98%
As at 30 June 2014, public rental housing dwellings were more likely to be in the form of a separate
house (39%), followed by a flat, unit or apartment (33%).
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2. How is social housing being delivered (public/private/combination)?
(i.e., what are the current incentives for private developers to produce social housing; what is the role
of non-profit government organizations and non-profits in producing and maintaining social housing?
are the funding requirements met by the government?, etc.)
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There are four social housing programs in Australia:
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public rental housing,
mainstream community housing,
state owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH), and
Indigenous community housing.
There has been a gradual but steady policy focus towards growing the
community housing sector and transferring ownership or management of public
rental housing stock to community housing organisations. This is a result of the
rising cost of social housing programs that are managed and run by state
housing authorities.
Between 2007–08 and 2013–14, public rental housing stock reduced by
approximately 5% (337,900 to 323,800), and mainstream community housing
increased by 46%, from 38,500 to 71,000 dwellings (Figure 1).
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2. How is social housing being delivered (public/private/combination)?
(i.e., what are the current incentives for private developers to produce social housing; what is the role of
non-profit government organizations and non-profits in producing and maintaining social housing? are the
funding requirements met by the government?, etc.)
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Funding for residents - Governments offer financial assistance through:
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Funding for construction
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Commonwealth Rent Assistance Program (CRA) and through jurisdictional (state) Private
Rent Assistance (PRA) programs
First Home Owners Grants (FHOG) and Home Purchase Assistance (HPA) programs.
public rental housing – public
mainstream community housing – public/private/combination
state owned and managed Indigenous housing (SOMIH) - public
Indigenous community housing – public/private/combination
Several states also have affordable housing quotas (planning rules) that
mandate, rather than incentivise, building low-cost, low-income homes. However
there is no effective management system for these homes once built and ‘sold’.
Therefore homes become private housing, not social or long term subsidised
housing.
THANK YOU.
IHA Secretariat