Yes, the 1.5 million Australians getting rent assistance need an increase, but more public housing is the lasting fix for the crisis

By Liam Davies, PhD Candidate, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
Alistair Sisson, Macquarie University Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
David Kelly, Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, RMIT University
Priya Kunjan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University

Rent assistance can ease rental stress, but it won’t help low-income earners find secure and affordable housing when it’s in such short supply, nor stop disadvantage being concentrated in some areas.

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