Housing
Housing is a fundamental human right that is central to the wellbeing and stability of individuals and families. Without housing, our health suffers, we cannot easily work or study and our relationships and connections in the community become fractured.
Yet, housing affordability is now at its worst ever level and lack of housing accessibility remains a significant problem, particularly for people with disabilities and ageing Victorians.
VCOSS works collaboratively with other organisations and individuals in the community to address the problems of housing affordability and accessibility.
VCOSS believes that adequate housing is a basic human right. In 2004, VCOSS hosted the Housing is a Human Right project to engage Victorians who had experienced housing rights violations in a process towards developing a Charter of Housing Rights for Victoria.
We raise these issues in our annual State Budget Submission. Download the housing chapter in the VCOSS 2008-09 State Budget Submission. Following each budget VCOSS writes an analysis of the Government’s spending commitments.
Publications on the subject are listed here. If you would like to find out more about VCOSS work on housing policy contact:
David Imber
david.imber@vcoss.org.au