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Unpacking the Give Me Shelter report
We are delighted to invite you to our E-Room event, Unpacking the Give Me Shelter report.
By Committee for Melbourne
Date and time
Tue, 2 Aug 2022 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM AEST
Location
Online
E-ROOM Committee for Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia
About this event
Committee for Melbourne and Housing All Australians are delighted to invite you to our Unpacking the Give Me Shelter report E-Room event.
When: Tuesday, 2 August 2022
Where: Committee for Melbourne E-ROOM
Event times Australia wide:
1.00pm - 2.00pm Melbourne/Sydney/Brisbane/Hobart
12.30pm - 1.30pm Adelaide / Darwin
11.00am - 12.00pm Perth
Give Me Shelter, a recently published economic study commissioned by Housing All Australians, shows the cost to Australian taxpayers will reach $25 billion annually by 2051 (in 2021 dollars) if nothing is done to address Australia's chronic shortage of affordable, public and social housing.
The study, compiled by SGS Economics & Planning, shows decades of underinvestment by successive governments in “non-market” housing has led to social housing numbers falling to record lows.
Give Me Shelter shows that the cost-benefit ratio of investing in more affordable housing is double the cost outlay – for every $1 invested the taxpayer would on average receive $2 in cost savings – with the study noting this was a better cost-benefit return than many other major infrastructure projects.
Join the author of the report, Marcus Spiller (SGS Economics & Planning) with Rob Pradolin (Founder and Director of Housing All Australians) and Leanne Edwards (Director, Policy & Research of Committee for Melbourne) to discuss the findings of Give Me Shelter in this one-hour webinar, with Q and A session.
Kind regards,
Committee for Melbourne and Housing All Australians
