Week 6: Social Welfare: Housing Flashcards

1
Q

why do many people who need social welfare never receive it

A
  • either not available

- they don’t know support is available

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2
Q

some people enter social welfare system ____ and others have it ____

A
  • willingly

- imposed (ie. child safety)

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3
Q

social welfare is caught up in what tensions?

A
  • tension between state, territory, and federal gov. over policy control, funding and delivery of services
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4
Q

what is the vertical fiscal imbalance

A

states and territories provide services but commonwealth have control over most resources

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5
Q

what is the mixed economy of welfare (welfare pluralism)

A
  • provision of social welfare services through range of systems
  • gov (public/state) sector [federal, state, local]
  • for profit/ ‘private’/ market
  • non-gov organisations/ not for profit/ voluntary sector
  • personal/ private/ household/ family/ individual volunteer
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6
Q

how is social welfare provided

A

mixed economy of welfare

governments + not for profit + for profit + families

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7
Q

is housing a right in australia

A

every australian has a fundamental right to an adequate standard of living including access to safe, secure, habitable and affordable home

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8
Q

how is housing linked to wellbeing

A
  • shelter
  • home
  • safety
  • security
  • health
  • mental health
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9
Q

who mostly rents privately

A

lower income households (exception older households)

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10
Q

what is traditionally seen as a transitional tenure but is changing

A

renting privately

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11
Q

problems with private rental sector

A
  • supply and demand
  • affordability
  • availability and access to low cost housing
  • security of tenure
  • appropriateness and location
  • blacklisting
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12
Q

what is social housing

A
  • non-privately owned/managed (rental) housing

- intended to deliver affordable, secure housing for lower income

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13
Q

main forms of social housing?

A
  • public rental housing

- longer term community housing

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14
Q

other examples of social housing

A
  • co-operatives
  • crisis and transitional housing (community owned/ managed housing)
  • emerging housing companies and associations
  • co-housing
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15
Q

role of social housing

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  • affordability, appropriate housing, accessibility (long waiting list)
  • addresses failure of private housing market
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16
Q

what kind of pressure is social housing under and why

A
  • political pressure

- demand rises and supply falls

17
Q

how will social housing of the future be different

A
  • community housing (incl. boarding houses)

- social mix eg. brisbane housing company

18
Q

who mostly lives in private rental market

A

most non-aged lower income households

19
Q

security of tenure in europe and australia is?

A

very different (see lecture slides for comparison)

20
Q

recurrent direct housing assistance examples

A
  • commonwealth rent assistance (centrelink)
  • first home owner grants
  • bond loan and financial assistance
  • tenancy advice, advocacy
21
Q

direct housing assistance (capital)

A
  • social housing funds to state govt. and community agencies
  • social housing agreement (low cost priv. rental)
22
Q

indirect housing assistance (tax expenditure)

A
  • taxation benefits to home owners (no capital gains tax)

- taxation benefits to rental investors (negative gearing)

23
Q

national housing strategy and national affordable housing agreement are examples of ?

A

commonwealth - state housing policy

24
Q

tied and untied programs of commonwealth state housing policy?

A
  • social housing
  • homelessness
  • indigenous australians living in remote areas
25
Q

what scheme is 20% below market value rent

A

national rental affordability scheme

26
Q

define homelessness

A
  • no suitable accommodation
  • living arrangement is a dwelling that is inadequate
  • no tenure (or if initial tenure is short and not extendable)
  • does not allow control/access for social relations
27
Q

examples of homelessness

A
  • sleeping rough
  • boarding houses
  • shelters
  • severely overcrowded dwellings
  • temporary lodgings
28
Q

are the benefits of housing and housing assistance evenly distributed?

A

no

29
Q

in the housing system, power and influence is?

A

skewed