PM sidesteps plea to ease housing crisis

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has slammed the Federal Government’s reluctance to unlock new solutions to the housing affordability crisis. “Today in Question Time I urged the Prime Minister…

The Wilkie Report – July 2021 Housing

Hobart real estate is booming right now, with year on year growth higher than every other capital, except for Darwin. But for all the winners, there’s lots of losers, many…

Andrew’s question to Prime Minister on cutting funding to homelessness services under the ERO deal

The Government’s admission in Question Time today that the funding supplement for homelessness services under the Equal Renumeration Order deal will cease in the middle of the year is deeply…

Plea to help ease Tasmania’s housing squeeze

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, today addressed Federal Parliament to highlight the urgent need to solve the housing crisis in Tasmania. “Rents across Tasmania have risen by an alarming…

AirBnb locks Hobart renters out in the cold

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, has called for the State Government and Hobart City Council to stop bickering about who is responsible and act to rein in short-stay accommodation,…

Andrew tables Youth Survival Report in Federal Parliament

The Real Youth Survival Report 2020 was prepared as part of Colony 47’s Backswing project, and shows how Tasmania’s housing crisis impacts young people’s lives, mental health and chances of…

We owe our youth secure housing and a living income

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, will join a group of young unemployed Tasmanians in Anti-Poverty Week to hear how the housing crisis negatively impacts their lives, mental health and…

Tassie’s most vulnerable left out in the cold

The Federal Productivity Commission’s report into government services, released today, shows just how unresponsive and insensitive the State Government is to the housing crisis gripping Tasmania. The report reveals that,…

$30m Hobart social housing package reaches milestone

Independent Member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, will join the Hon Luke Howarth MP, Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Services, and Bob Gordon, Chair of the Supported Affordable…