31362 (2026). Tamatha Paul to the Minister of Housing

31362 (2026). Tamatha Paul to the Minister of Housing: What measures, if any, has the government used to determine different levels of need between public housing and private rental housing tenants with regards to the reforms to social housing subsidies?

Hon Chris Bishop: Officials have looked at differences in household circumstances and financial situations between people in social housing and those in private rental housing (and receiving the Accommodation Supplement (AS) and/or Temporary Additional Support (TAS) (including people on and off the Social Housing Register). In general, people in private rentals whose financial circumstances are similar to those in social housing are paying higher net rents after receiving AS and TAS (and therefore have lower relative after-housing cost incomes).