Victoria facing 'human catastrophe' without social housing fix

Victoria facing 'human catastrophe' without social housing fix

Victoria must build 80,000 new social housing homes over the next decade just to catch up to the national average, according to new data released by housing advocates.

Victoria: the homeless capital of Australia

According to the Council to Homeless Persons (CHP), Victoria has the nation’s lowest level of social housing as a proportion of the overall housing stock. Public housing in Victoria has slumped from a high of around 4% in 1994 to a low of about 2.4% currently. The figure rises to around 2.9% when community housing