Budget
at a Glance

Social housing and welfare

Budget 2026 improves the fairness and sustainability of the social housing and welfare systems.

Budget at a Glance icon - House with dollar sign.

A fiscally neutral package to improve the fairness of government financial support to lower-income renters by:

  • Increasing the Accommodation Supplement for people in private rentals, and
  • Increasing income-related rents for people in social housing.
Budget at a Glance icon - Houses $69 million to fund up to 2,250 additional social houses. Budget at a Glance icon - Individual person. Lower maximum payments of Temporary Additional Support (saving $196 million).
Budget at a Glance icon - Working at laptop. More case management and assistance to support sole parents into work. Budget at a Glance icon - Healthy food. $45 million to extend support for community food support and kids' breakfasts programmes.
Budget at a Glance icon - House with dollar sign.

A fiscally neutral package to improve the fairness of government financial support to lower-income renters by:

  • Increasing the Accommodation Supplement for people in private rentals, and
  • Increasing income-related rents for people in social housing.
Budget at a Glance icon - Houses $69 million to fund up to 2,250 additional social houses.
Budget at a Glance icon - Individual person. Lower maximum payments of Temporary Additional Support (saving $196 million).
Budget at a Glance icon - Working at laptop. More case management and assistance to support sole parents into work.
Budget at a Glance icon - Healthy food. $45 million to extend support for community food support and kids' breakfasts programmes.