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More support needed for remote Indigenous communities

Remote community. Credit - John Carnemolla

New research led by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide reveals remote Indigenous communities need improved infrastructure and services to support residents and visitors.

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Half of surveyed renters suffered mental health decline during COVID-19

social housing apartments

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn renters have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 facing income loss, the inability to pay rent, tenure insecurity and eviction risk and a new AHURI publication provides a stark analysis of the impacts of these unprecedented challenges.

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New modelling simulates 2021 unemployment rate and incidence of Housing Affordability Stress

Stressed woman during COVID

New economic modelling on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic shows that once COVID-19 government support interventions end, total unemployment in 2021 could peak at 1.752 million under the most severe of three scenarios modelled.

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Forty per cent of renters can’t afford essentials

Cover image from AHURI report

Almost 40% of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn tenant households can’t afford essentials such as bills, clothing, transport and food, after paying rent, because their incomes have reduced significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Housing and Urban Research Institute has found.

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