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In this edition of Housing Matters there are leadership opportunities available by applying to join the Shelter SA Board, including office bearer roles of Treasurer and Chairperson, as part of our succession planning.

In this edition of Housing Matters there is an invitation for you to join our human right to housing workshop - its free but you must register and we encourage our members and stakeholder to participate in Anti Poverty Week 2025.

In this edition of Housing Matters we are reflecting on the Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence recommendations as they relate to housing and homelessness. Plus, we are reminding you about Anti-Poverty week this year (coming soon) and calling you to action to end poverty.

The Shelter SA Election Platform was developed in collaboration with our members at a Housing Summit event in May 2025. The Platform has been sent to all parliamentarians, seeking their commitments to improving access to the housing that South Australians need and can afford and ending homelessness. The responses will be published here so stay tuned!

In today's news update we reflect on the lack of evidence-based policy when it comes to a recent, shocking murder at a medium-density public housing site, and outline alternative approaches to improve the safety of tenants and there's an opportunity for a sponsored place at the upcoming National Housing Conference.

In this edition of Housing Matters there is a Homes4Good update, an invitation to our members and news about progress in innovation and modern methods of construction.

In today's news update we're reminding our subscribers that Shelter SA is a registered charity and that we welcome donations to support our housing advocacy - all tax deductible! Its also membership renewal time.

In this edition of Housing Matters there's a reminder for our members to register their team for the Housing Summit! Places are filling fast so don't miss out. Great news about the progression of a human rights act for South Australia and interesting research about politics vs "bad public policy".

There must be an election coming! In this Housing Matters blog we're looking at the housing announcements leading up to the Federal Election, there are winners and losers, perhaps not in keeping with our tagline, housing is a human right!

In this edition of Housing Matters there's good news on energy costs for renters and concessions for sharers and rooming house residents and we're sharing the Parliamentary Inquiry into short term accommodation.

In this edition of Housing Matters we are sharing good news about Federal Government incentives to States and Territories to utilise modular dwellings as part of the solution to the housing crisis and reminding you about our Housing Summit.

In this week's news update we are sharing our plans to hold a Housing Summit in anticipation of the next State Election and the new report "Beyond Reach" by the Property Council describing housing affordability in Adelaide suburbs.