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Why we should increase Rent Assistance

Why we should increase Rent Assistance While the 2023–24 Budget saw the first real increase in rent assistance in Australia since 1990, this was small compared to the growth in real incomes over the three decades. Rapid increases in advertised rents, and expectations that these will flow through to average rents, make an increase in this payment all the more urgent. This article reviews the arguments for and against providing rent assistance to income support recipients in Australia and argues for a serious consideration of the 2010 recommendations of the Report into Australia's Future Tax System for a substantial increase in this payment. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Australian Economic Review Wiley

Why we should increase Rent Assistance

The Australian Economic Review , Volume 56 (2) – Jun 1, 2023

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Wiley
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© 2023 The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, Faculty of Business and Economics.
ISSN
0004-9018
eISSN
1467-8462
DOI
10.1111/1467-8462.12519
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Abstract

While the 2023–24 Budget saw the first real increase in rent assistance in Australia since 1990, this was small compared to the growth in real incomes over the three decades. Rapid increases in advertised rents, and expectations that these will flow through to average rents, make an increase in this payment all the more urgent. This article reviews the arguments for and against providing rent assistance to income support recipients in Australia and argues for a serious consideration of the 2010 recommendations of the Report into Australia's Future Tax System for a substantial increase in this payment.

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The Australian Economic ReviewWiley

Published: Jun 1, 2023

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