Chapter:
15 - Housing
Mover:
Seconder:
 
 
Source:
Policy Committee: Health
My Private Notes


Preamble
The health and wellbeing of renters has many aspects, from the quality of rental accommodation to the effects of high costs and uncertainty involved in the renting experience. Renters, already an outsize cohort in the ACT, will grow as cohort at all stages across the lifespan, including those renting in retirement. As such, health outcomes of renters may quickly become a keen public health issue.
General Resolution

Health outcomes for renters across the lifespan

​Conferences calls on the ACT and federal Labor Government to consider health outcomes of renters and relevant reforms, including the responsibilities of rental providers and policies to improve wellbeing, building on recent rental reforms and emerging programs or models like Build to Rent. 

With rental stress very high and vacancy rates low in the ACT and most other capitals, measures should progress expeditiously, as a matter of public health priority.