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The regional impact of Commonwealth Rent Assistance
Anthony King, Tony Melhuish and Elizabeth Taylor
National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling
Contact Email: anthonyk
torrens.natsem.canberra.edu.au
Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) is a major income support supplement for private renters. Despite the well-known wide variations in rent levels across the country, the CRA entitlement rules – rent thresholds and maximum levels of assistance – are uniform. So, what happens when uniform program rules are applied to an issue that exhibits considerable regional variation? How well is CRA being targeted? Are people in some areas better served than others? Does available assistance meet needs well in some areas, but fall short in others? What would the picture look like with alternative CRA settings that do take some account of regional differences?
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