Anglicare Snapshot Shows Housing Stress
Anglicare’s Quarterly Snapshot presents a deeply concerning picture of increasing housing stress in Tasmania.
Sep
2026
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Social and Affordable Housing
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Aug
2026
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Social Housing Waitlist Worsens Again
The social housing waitlist has once again hit a new high, with 5,767 applications registered on the Homes Tasmania update.
Jun
2026
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9,500 Tasmanians Waiting for Social Housing
More than 9,500 people are waiting for social housing in Tasmania, including almost 3,000 children.
May
2026
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State of Government Housing Unacceptable
Government social and affordable housing tenants have had to apply to the Residential Tenancy Commissioner to get action on unacceptable living conditions.
Feb
2026
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Public Housing Waitlist Grows, Again
2025 saw Tasmania’s public housing waitlist consistently trend upwards, with no months of retraction and an end to the year with more than 5,400 applicants.
Dec
2025
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Homes Tasmania
Can the government detail to the Council how many social housing homes and how many affordable homes, Homes Tasmania has been primarily responsible for delivering since it came...
Oct
2025
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Action Needed as Social Housing Waitlist Continues to Grow
New figures from Homes Tasmania show that the social housing waitlist is continuing to grow.
Sep
2025
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Disability Compliant Housing Needed
The Greens welcome the release of disability housing indicators by TasCOSS and Disability Voices Tasmania.
Oct
2024
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10,000 Social and Affordable Homes Target
Homes Tasmania information in an RTI generated by the ABC has exposed the deceptiveness of your government's claims to build 10,000 new dwellings by 2032.
Sep
2024
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Housing and Planning – Social and Affordable Housing
Minister, you're very good at articulating the fact that we're a third of the way through our time period to 2032 and we're a third of the way to meeting our 10,000 home target. But when it comes to social housing, the most recent dashboard shows that 370 new social homes have been built so far. That's 19 per cent of the 2000 social homes target, which is to be reached by mid-2027.