It’s never been done in Australia before — enshrining housing as a human right. But it’s a concept that will soon become a reality in the ACT.
The territory’s Legislative Assembly unanimously passed legislation this week that will require the government to consider access to adequate housing in all of its decisions and policymaking.
It’s a move that might bring hope to the more than 3,400 approved applicants on the ACT’s public housing waitlist, who are waiting about five years on average.
