ACAT | Australian Capital Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal |
The Accord | National Housing Accord |
ACOSS | Australian Council of Social Service |
ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
ACTCOSS | Australian Capital Territory Council of Social Service |
AEU | Australian Education Union |
AHRC | Australian Human Rights Commission |
AHURI | Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute |
AMIDA | Action for More Independence and Dignity in Accommodation |
ARCJ & HJ | Advocacy and Rights Justice and Housing Justice |
ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
BCEC | Bankwest Curtin Economic Centre |
BDI & SPA | Black Dog Institute and Suicide Prevention Australia |
The Blueprint | National Planning Reform Blueprint |
BTR | Build to rent |
CAFS | Child and Family Services Ballarat |
CEDA | Committee for Economic Development of Australia |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CFMEU | Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union |
CFRC | City Futures Research Centre |
CGCL | Circle Green Community Legal |
CGT | Capital gains tax |
CHIA | Community Housing Industry Association |
The committee | Senate Community Affairs References Committee |
Community Sector Blueprint | Community Sector Blueprint: National Framework for Minimum Energy Efficiency Rental Requirements |
COTAV & SRV | Council on the Ageing Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria |
CPI | Consumer price index |
CRA | Commonwealth Rent Assistance |
CSMC | Council of Single Mothers and their Children |
CYPDA | Children and Young People with Disability Australia |
DCLS | Darwin Community Legal Service |
DRW | Digital Rights Watch |
DSS | Department of Social Services |
EJA | Economic Justice Australia |
The Fund | Rent Relief Fund [Australian Capital Territory Government] |
HAAG | Housing for the Aged Action Group |
HAFF | Housing Australia Future Fund |
The HAFF Act | Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023 |
HMAG | Housing Matters Action Group |
Interim report | Senate Community Affairs References Committee, The worsening rental crisis in Australia—Interim Report, September 2023 |
MLSS | Monash Law Students’ Society |
NARO | National Association of Renters’ Organisations |
NATSIWA | National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance |
NCAT | NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal |
NCC | National Construction Code |
NCOSS | New South Wales Council of Social Service |
NHFIC | National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation |
NHHA | National Housing and Homelessness Agreement |
NHIF | National Housing Infrastructure Facility |
NSW | New South Wales |
NT | Northern Territory |
NTCOSS | Northern Territory Council of Social Service |
NYC | New York City |
NZ | New Zealand |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PBSA | Purpose-built student accommodation |
PIAC | Public Interest Advocacy Centre |
PIPA | Property Investment Professionals of Australia |
The Plan | National Housing and Homelessness Plan |
POAQ | Property Owners’ Association of Queensland |
PRAP | Private Rental Assistance Program [Victorian Government] |
The Privacy Act | Privacy Act 1988 |
QCOSS | Queensland Council of Social Service |
Qld | Queensland |
RAAV | Registered Accommodation Association of Victoria |
RAHU | Renters and Housing Union |
REIA | Real Estate Institute of Australia |
REINSW | Real Estate Institute of New South Wales |
REIQ | Real Estate Institute of Queensland |
REIWA | Real Estate Institute of Western Australia |
RentTech | Rental application technology |
RMIT | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
RPZs | Rent Pressure Zones |
SA | South Australia |
SACAT | South Australia Civil and Administrative Tribunal |
SACOSS | South Australia Council of Social Service |
SHA | Social Housing Accelerator |
SHSN | Southern Homelessness Services Network |
STRA | Short-term rental accommodation |
SUPRA | Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association |
SWWAN | Sellicks Woodlands and Wetlands Action Network |
SYC | Service to Youth Council |
Tas | Tasmania |
TasCOSS | Tasmanian Council of Social Service |
UK | United Kingdom |
UMSU | University of Melbourne Student Union |
UNSW | University of New South Wales |
USA | United States of America |
Vic | Victoria |
VCAT | Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal |
VPTA | Victorian Public Tenants Association |
WA | Western Australia |
WACOSS | Western Australia Council of Social Service |
WIRE | Women’s Information and Referral Exchange |
WLSA | Women’s Legal Services Australia |
WLSQ | Women’s Legal Services Queensland |
YACSA | Youth Affairs Council of South Australia |