Skip to content
Back to News Hub
Government WA

***MEDIA ALERT*** Press conference: WA community housing symposium

Shelter WA < 1 mins read

***MEDIA ALERT***

 

Press conference: WA community housing symposium

Developers, NGOs, government, industry unite to fix WA’s housing crisis 

 

With Western Australia in the grips of a housing crisis, developers, community housing organisations, government and industry leaders will gather at an all-day symposium to work on solutions. 

 

This full-day event will take a deep dive into the ideas, opportunities and challenges WA must overcome to amplify cross-sector collaboration on social and affordable housing and best leverage Commonwealth funding.

 

WHO: A press conference will be held with: 

  • Shelter WA CEO Kath Snell, 

  • Community Housing Industry Association CEO Wendy Hayhurst, 

  • Urban Development Institute of Australia CEO Tanya Steinbeck, and 

  • Housing Choices Western Australia General Manager Natalie Sangalli

WHEN: 11:50am for a 12pm start, Tuesday 19 September. Media are welcome to attend and record the symposium all day.

 

WHERE: Hackett Hall, Mezzanine Level, WA Museum Boola Bardip

Media contact: 

Chantal Caruso - 0447 201 377

Charlie Moore - 0452 606 171 // Sofie Wainwright - 0403 920 301 

More from this category

  • Government WA, Property Real Estate
  • 17/12/2025
  • 09:00
WA Alliance to End Homelessness (WAAEH)

NEW REPORT PROVIDES TARGET FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO THE CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN WA

In an Australian first, a new report has estimated the scale of housing and support needed to address chronic homelessness in Perth and Bunbury. Supportive Housing Needs Assessment WA was commissioned by the WA Alliance to End Homelessness (WAAEH) to calculate the unmet need for Supportive Housing in Perth and Bunbury. Supportive Housing, such as the Common Ground model, combines the provision of stable housing with wrap-around supports for people experiencing chronic homelessness and complex challenges. The report sets out the number of homes required, the investment needed to deliver and sustain them, and the social and economic benefits of…

  • Government WA
  • 08/12/2025
  • 09:00
Make Renting Fair WA

Report exposes WA’s runaway rents, sparking renewed calls for rent caps

Western Australian renters are paying an extra $20,000 per year in rent compared to four years ago according to a new report, prompting renewed calls for rent caps to stabilise out-of-control rent rises. The report released by the WA Make Renting Fair Alliance looked at rent increases across the state’s 59 lower house electorates since 2021 and found: WA’s median weekly rent has more than doubled to $716, up from $339 in 2021 The average household is paying $377 extra per week, or $19,622 more each year WA has gone from most electorates having median rents around $400 per week…

  • Government WA, Property Real Estate
  • 24/11/2025
  • 08:10
Shelter WA

***MEDIA ALERT*** Perth tightens grip as most expensive city for renters while WA affordability crashes

A press conference will be held on housing affordability plummeting in Perth and across WA, as revealed in this year's National Shelter-SGS Economics and Planning Rental Affordability Index.For a second year in a row, the Index found Perth is the most expensive capital city in Australia for renters.Meanwhile, rental affordability for regional WA has crashed to its lowest level in more than a decade, and saw the steepest annual drop in affordability compared to all capital cities and regions.WHO: Shelter WA CEO Kath Snell WACOSS CEO Louise Giolitto WHEN: Monday 24 November, 10.30am WHERE: The Platform, Level 3, 256 Adelaide…

Media Outreach made fast, easy, simple.

Feature your press release on Medianet's News Hub every time you distribute with Medianet. Pay per release or save with a subscription.

Book a demo Explore our plans