Human Rights

Today in the Legislative Assembly the second reading of the Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill is being tabled for debate. This marks a pivotal moment in the campaign to enshrine housing as a human right in the ACT’s Human Rights Act. ACTCOSS and ACT Shelter, alongside ACT service providers and community organisations, have long advocated […]

The Government should prove it’s on the side of citizens when it comes to housing The ACT Greens recently circulated draft legislation that would enshrine housing as a human right, following advocacy to all parties by ACTCOSS and others. Making housing a human right might strike some as odd at first glance. Deeper analysis suggests that […]