{"id":21010,"date":"2023-04-27T00:55:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T00:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=21010"},"modified":"2023-04-27T00:55:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T00:55:35","slug":"newcastle-central-coast-housing-crisis-pushes-more-into-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/04\/27\/newcastle-central-coast-housing-crisis-pushes-more-into-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWCASTLE & CENTRAL COAST HOUSING CRISIS PUSHES MORE INTO POVERTY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEWCASTLE & CENTRAL COAST HOUSING CRISIS PUSHES MORE INTO POVERTY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New research shows that the poverty rate for regional NSW is higher than Greater Sydney, with young people (15-24) and older people (65+) seeing the biggest average increases in the last five years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research was commissioned by peak social service body NCOSS, and conducted by the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) at the University of Canberra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It found that the housing crisis is a key driver of poverty in regional areas, with mortgage holders experiencing the biggest increase in poverty, up by more than 80 per cent since 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report revealed the following key findings for Newcastle and Central Coast:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Newcastle-Cooks Hill:<\/strong> Newcastle-Cooks Hill has one of the highest overall poverty rates in rural and regional NSW (25.1%), having doubled since 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Newcastle-Cooks Hill:<\/strong> The poverty rates for private renters has more than tripled since 2016 (was 10.7%, now 35.6%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Raymond Terrace:<\/strong> The poverty rates for homeowners with a mortgage has more than doubled since 2016 (was 5.4%, now 11.5%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         Tea Gardens \u2013 Hawks Nest:<\/strong> The poverty rates for homeowners with a mortgage has doubled since 2016 (was 8.8%, now 17.5%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NATSEM analysed 2021 census data to reveal the dire state of poverty across NSW and how it has changed in the five years since the previous census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s release of the full report is accompanied by interactive maps<\/a> which show the poverty rates in each suburb and town across NSW in 2021 compared to 2016, broken down by demographic groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NCOSS CEO Joanna Quilty said the report is a wakeup call for the state\u2019s leaders, urging the NSW Government to respond quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese statistics are devastating, showing the grim reality of poverty reaching into every suburb and town in NSW \u2013 but with some communities really bearing the brunt,\u201d Ms Quilty said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we are seeing is a housing crisis on multiple fronts \u2013 people experiencing poverty in rural and regional areas are most likely to be in the private rental market, but it\u2019s those still paying off a mortgage who are increasingly struggling.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd while public housing tenants in rural and regional NSW are small in number, the majority of them (more than 58 per cent) live below the poverty line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know that the situation has only gotten worse since 2021, with relentless rate hikes and soaring cost of living pressures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople living in poverty are resourceful and do whatever they can to survive. But we know for some, this can mean forgoing medication, healthcare or food to cover housing costs, or living in overcrowded or unsafe situations because there is no other option. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are pleased the newly elected NSW Government has recognised the urgent need to address the state\u2019s housing crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo help, we have put forward a set of actionable and practical recommendations for the NSW Government to consider, and we look forward to working with the Government on these solutions.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NCOSS has called on the NSW Government to adopt a set of recommendations, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.     Bolster supply of social housing in NSW to 10 per cent of all housing stock<\/strong>, via a long-term plan with established targets and identified locations. 
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2.     Make renting more affordable and secure, including increasing rental supply and capping rents<\/strong>, which build on commitments to remove \u2018no grounds\u2019 evictions and establish a Rental Commissioner. 
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3.     NSW Government should advocate to the Federal Government to lift the income support payment<\/strong> to above the poverty line, and increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance by 50 per cent<\/strong> to enable an acceptable standard of living for recipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to thank NATSEM for its thorough work on this report, and I look forward to working with the NSW Government on addressing these issues,\u201d Ms Quilty said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About this research:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         The Mapping Economic Disadvantage in NSW<\/em> report was undertaken by the National Centre of Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) at the University of Canberra, and was commissioned by NCOSS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         The report breaks down poverty rates by suburb and demographic \u2013 including age, sex, employment, family arrangement and housing tenure. It uses the most recent data available, the 2021 census data, and compares the trends from the previous census data in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         NCOSS has published a Key Themes Report<\/em> which provides an analysis of the key themes and trends, examining how poverty has changed between 2016 and 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         The Online Mapping Tool<\/em><\/a> of interactive maps allows users to filter data by suburb and demographic across NSW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEWCASTLE & CENTRAL COAST HOUSING CRISIS PUSHES MORE INTO POVERTY New research shows that the poverty rate for regional NSW is higher than Greater Sydney, with young people (15-24) and older people (65+) seeing the biggest average increases in the last five years.  The research was commissioned by peak social service body NCOSS, and conducted … Continue reading “NEWCASTLE & CENTRAL COAST HOUSING CRISIS PUSHES MORE INTO POVERTY”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21011,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21010\/revisions\/21011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}