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how people on a housing wait list of 175,000 describe their years of waiting

  • Written by Alan Morris, Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Nationally, about 175,000 households are on the social housing waiting list. An individual usually has to be in “greatest need” to get on the list. Even then, being listed does not mean you will be given the keys to a home any time soon.

This is especially so if an applicant is put on the general waiting list and not the...

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