Jesuit Social Services welcomes tonight's Federal Budget as recognition of the structural inequalities contributing to disadvantage and the role safe, affordable and stable housing can play in supporting people to flourish.
"It is encouraging to see reform of our tax system, which for too long has overwhelmingly benefitted the wealthy, along with a subsidy to help Youth Allowance and ABSTUDY recipients access community housing," says Jesuit Social Services' acting CEO Michael Livingstone.
"Without access to stable housing it is near-impossible for marginalised people to escape entrenched disadvantage. It is vital that housing supports are targeted to go towards those most in need and these changes go some way to addressing that, including tax reforms to address intergenerational equality in the housing market."
Mr Livingstone also highlighted budget investment to reform employment services, saying "the budget also provides close to $300m over five years to reform the employment service system. While we will wait for
