Social Housing is an umbrella term for Public Housing and Community Housing
Public Housing
- Owned and managed by the government.
- Publicly owned land and dwellings.
- 15% – 25% of wage or welfare payment.
Community Housing
- Managed by Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) and Community Housing Providers (CHPs)
- Can be publicly owned land; but is often privitisated, owned by non-public entities.
- >30% of wage or welfare payment.
Affordable Housing is it’s own thing altogether and is developer-led
- a percentage below market value.
- 80% of market rent in NSW
- meaning it’s often not even affordable!
House You advocates for Public Housing as solution. We lead a Housing First campaign to get everybody a house.

