The role of the Australian state housing authorities in low income housing
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1971
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Jones, M. A.
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In the 24 years from 1945 to 1969 the State housing
authorities in Australia constructed some 296,000 dwellings,
about 16 per cent of the total new housing
completed in that period. About ten per cent of the
Australian population are now accommodated in public
housing units. This thesis is a study of the operations
of these six authorities: the New South Wales Housing
Commission (NSWHC), the Victorian Housing Commission
(VHC), the South Australian Housing Trust (SAHT), the
State Housing Commission of Western Australia (WAHC),
the Tasmanian Housing Department (THC) and the Queensland
Housing Commission (QHC) . Two aspects of the Commissions'
are emphasized: whether it is the poor who
receive the housing they supply; and whether the housing
is supplied in the most effective manner. Hopefully,
some light will be thrown on the relative advantages of
assisting those on low incomes by providing a subsidized
good (in this case housing) rather than by the simple
allocation of cash grants, an increasingly popular
method of overcoming the problem of inequality.
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