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ER Conference 2013

ER Conference 2013. Housing Affordability the crisis facing Western Australians on low incomes. Chris Twomey, Director Social Policy. Are we the Last Generation of the Australian Dream?. Are we the Last Generation of the Australian Dream?.

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ER Conference 2013

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  1. ER Conference 2013 Housing Affordabilitythe crisis facing Western Australians on low incomes Chris Twomey, Director Social Policy

  2. Are we the Last Generation of the Australian Dream?

  3. Are we the Last Generation of the Australian Dream? The Baby Boomers grew up in an Australia where the average working family could own their home. Generation X are on the cusp of rapid change in housing affordability. Home ownership is now mostly out of reach for Gen Y…

  4. Home Ownership “The alarming drop in home ownership exposes many Australians to domestic and financial insecurity.” Australians for Affordable Housing

  5. Source: NATSEM The Great Australian Dream? AMP Wealth Report 2011

  6. Source: NATSEM The Great Australian Dream? AMP Wealth Report 2011

  7. Affordability in Perth 2001 vs 2011

  8. 2001 2006 Source: Dodson and Sipe, Griffith University 2008. Unsettling Suburbia: The New Landscape of Oil and Mortgage Vulnerability in Australian Cities http://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/88851/urp-rp17-dodson-sipe-2008.pdf

  9. Social Infrastructure Ratio of 3.47 people to house building approvals Source: ABS.

  10. WA population growthvsNew dwellings completed * “New dwellings needed” calculated by dividing the population growth by WA average household size (2.5 people).[3] ABS (2013) 3101.0 Australian Demographic Statistics, Sep 2012ABS (2013) 8752.0 - Building Activity, Australia, Dec 2012 Based on ABS 653.0 Household Expenditure Survey

  11. Overall Median Rent (Perth) vsAverage Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings (WA) REIWA (2013) Historic Rental & Vacancy Data ABS (2013) 6302.0 Average Weekly Earnings

  12. Overall Median Rent (Perth) vsWA State Minimum Wage REIWA (2013) Historic Rental & Vacancy Data. Department of Commerce, Western Australian Minimum Wage Rates 2000-2011,

  13. Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earning (AWOTE) Adults Employed Full-Time& State Minimum Wage 2012 AWOTE Min. Wage Pension NewStart

  14. Growing Inequality – Gini coefficient WA

  15. Comparative Inequality – Gini coefficient

  16. Affordable rental accommodation available to working Western Australians AnglicareWA (2013) Rental Affordability Snapshot

  17. Affordable Housing If you were a qualified hair dresser looking for a property to rent 2 (on 13 April 2013), there was only properties in the whole of Perth that you could afford to rent (by yourself), without being in housing For more information, visit @WACOSS @AnglicareWA #rentalsnapshot stress!

  18. Affordable Housing If you were a cleaner, shop assistant or baker looking for a property to rent (on 13 April 2013), there were ZERO properties in Perth that you could afford to rent (by yourself), without being in housing For more information, visit @WACOSS @AnglicareWA #rentalsnapshot stress!

  19. Social Housing – Unmet Demand

  20. Affordable Housing  Community service organisations recognise the ‘housing first’ principle - that the provision of safe, affordable and secure housing is a fundamental, first step in being able to address disadvantage and other areas of need being faced by many Western Australians.

  21. The Panel: Barry Doyle Community Housing Coalition of WA Chantal Roberts Shelter WA Genevieve ErreyDepartment of Housing Anne Maroni Uniting Care West Shane Hamilton Community Housing Ltd Chris Twomey WACOSS

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