Single agency needed to deliver housing, says a report

Single agency needed to deliver housing, says a report

There needs to be a standalone government agency solely committed to developing housing policy, says a national research organisation. Such an authority would “optimise coordination, responsiveness and capacity to set and achieve [housing] targets”, says a report from the Australian Housing and Research Institute. As the authors note, in Australia, responsibility for the delivery of housing services, policies and outcomes has historically been e…