A NEW report from housing and social services advocates reveals significant challenges for Victoria’s social housing system. Modelling commissioned by the Victorian Housing Peaks Alliance shows the state will need 377,000 additional social housing dwellings by 2051 to meet projected demand from low-income Victorians. Of these, 83,000 homes will be needed specifically for victim-survivors of family violence.
The Alliance is urging the State Government to set a target of building 7,990 new social homes annually over the next decade to help meet this long-term need.
Despite the Big Housing Build, a major four-year investment in affordable housing, Victoria continues to trail other states. Decades of underinvestment have left it with the lowest proportion of social housing in Australia. Currently, the state has 86,000 social housing dwellings, representing just 3.1 per cent of total housing stock.
