{"id":9652,"date":"2020-12-16T07:29:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T07:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9652"},"modified":"2020-12-16T07:29:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T07:29:29","slug":"homelessness-increase-in-newcastle-and-the-hunter-expected-to-be-among-the-highest-in-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/16\/homelessness-increase-in-newcastle-and-the-hunter-expected-to-be-among-the-highest-in-the-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"HOMELESSNESS INCREASE IN NEWCASTLE AND THE HUNTER EXPECTED TO BE AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.equityeconomics.com.au\/investinginsocialhousing\">New modelling<\/a>\u00a0predicts that Newcastle and the Hunter region will record the third and fourth highest increases in homelessness on pre-pandemic rates nationally.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nFederal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon said analysis by Equity Economics found that Newcastle \/ Lake Macquarie region will see a 37.4% spike in homelessness by the middle of 2021. In the Hunter region, homeless is expected to climb by 39.9%.<br \/>\n\u201cThese terrible increases are only predicted to be exceeded in New South Wales\u2019 Far West and Orana region and Mandurah in Western Australia,\u201d Ms Claydon said.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a staggering increase in Newcastle that would shatter lives, devastate communities and have dire economic impacts throughout our entire region.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Claydon said the disastrous spike is expected to start at the end of March when JobSeeker returns to $40 a day.<br \/>\n\u201cIn Newcastle, we already have 1200 people on the social housing waitlist who won\u2019t be able to get into a property for at least five years. Without urgent action, this will soon get much, much worse.\u201d Ms Claydon said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe fact that the Morrison Government is proceeding with these cuts in the midst of the deepest recession in almost a century shows how little they have learnt. This will only thrust people back into poverty and make the recession longer and deeper.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Claydon said the Morrison Government needs to invest in social housing to protect construction jobs and help fill a desperate shortage of affordable properties.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Morrison Government didn\u2019t invest a single dollar in social housing in the 2020 Budget. Its failed HomeBuilder program, which gives money to private property owners, won\u2019t deliver a cent of ongoing public benefit.<br \/>\n\u201cIn contrast, direct investment in social housing will put roofs over the heads of vulnerable Australians, create jobs and help drive local economic recovery.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Equity Economics report shows that a $3.15 billion social housing investment in New South Wales would create 10,500 new homes, nearly 7000 jobs and give the NSW economy almost a $7 billion boost.<br \/>\nIn Newcastle, a $150 million investment would build almost 500 new homes and create more than 300 jobs.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-share\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New modelling\u00a0predicts that Newcastle and the Hunter region will record the third and fourth highest increases in homelessness on pre-pandemic rates nationally. &nbsp; Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon said analysis by Equity Economics found that Newcastle \/ Lake Macquarie region will see a 37.4% spike in homelessness by the middle of 2021. In the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/16\/homelessness-increase-in-newcastle-and-the-hunter-expected-to-be-among-the-highest-in-the-nation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HOMELESSNESS INCREASE IN NEWCASTLE AND THE HUNTER EXPECTED TO BE AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION&#8221;<\/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-9652","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\/9652","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=9652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}