Australia has a dire shortage of affordable housing. While governments fund the bulk of the social housing our country needs, private investors can also play an important role.
Rents for affordable housing are below market levels, but this is offset to some extent by lower risk and strong demand for this type of accommodation. There are also tax incentives to encourage investment. Glen McCrea, deputy chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, says there is a distinction between social housing, which typically goes to lowincome people in the form of public housing financed by