Housing, Planning and Transport - ACTCOSS
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Housing, Planning and Transport

Affordable, accessible and fairly distributed housing, transport and community facilities are vital for the social inclusion, economic participation, health and wellbeing of all people. ACTCOSS advocates for reducing homelessness, housing stress or precarity and increasing community connection through the provision of adequate and sustainable infrastructure and urban planning.

ACTCOSS works with ACT Shelter and CHC Affordable Housing, and the Community Housing Industry Association on advocacy relating to housing and homelessness in the ACT.

ACTCOSS Position Statement on Housing

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ACTCOSS Position Statement on Planning and Transport

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20 June 2025 Learn more

Unequal relief: As pressure eases for some, cost-of-living crisis extends for Canberra’s lowest income earners

ACTCOSS’s latest ACT Cost of Living Report reveals that easing inflation and recent interest rate cuts have done little to relieve acute financial stress faced by Canberra’s lowest-income households. ACTCOSS CEO, Dr Devin Bowles, said: “Improvements in the economy over the last year have disproportionately benefited middle and high-income earners, while those experiencing poverty continue to […]

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10 April 2025 Learn more
Media release

ACTCOSS welcomes bill to enshrine access to housing as a human right

The ACT Greens today introduced a bill to the Legislative Assembly to enshrine the right to housing in the ACT’s Human Rights Act. This move follows sustained advocacy from ACTCOSS, service providers, other community organisations, and frontline workers who see the impact of housing insecurity every day.  “Housing is a human right, and we need […]

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