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Social Housing Fact Sheet
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Social housing is housing which is owned by government and community-based organisations and where rents are set at an affordable level. Social housing provides secure housing for people and families with low incomes and rents are set at around 25%-30% of the household’s income.

Most social housing is either public housing which is owned and managed by the state government or community housing which is managed by non-for-profit organisations.


Why is social housing important?

For people and families with low incomes paying rent is a struggle and can result in homelessness financial stress and having to move into inappropriate housing away from family friends employment education and support networks.

Social housing provides security and certainty allowing people to focus on their employment education and health.

It also allows people and families to connect with and contribute to their local community.


How much social housing do we need?

At the end of June 2022 there were 4 684 social housing dwellings across Greater Geelong. However it is estimated that 4 052 households have an unmet need for affordable housing in Greater Geelong. This represents 3.9% of all households. 

The need for social housing is expected to grow to nearly 17 000 households by 2041 this represents a shortfall of over 12 000 dwellings if no additional dwellings are developed.


What are the benefits for the community?

Increasing social housing helps us reduce levels of homelessness and improve the health and economic outcomes for people and families with low incomes.

Social housing also has community-wide benefits like improvements in employment and productivity as well as a providing a boost to the local economy through the building of new homes.

Building new social housing and improving existing social housing helps improve our communities by creating better homes and stronger more stable and more connected neighbourhoods.

It can also contribute to the revitalisation of our neighbourhoods through improvements to community facilities and infrastructure.

 

Need to know more...

To find out more about how the City of Greater Geelong is supporting Social Housing visit our social housing page.

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