澳大利亚国家租赁可负担性计划（NRAS）上月正式终止，导致超过4500户租户面临租金上涨[1]。一些租户的处境尤为艰难——80岁的癌症患者维克多·安德森的租金上涨41%至每周475澳元，79岁退休人士葆拉·斯旺的租金从每周319澳元上涨至420澳元[1]。
这一政策调整影响范围广泛。约36000套前NRAS住房受到影响，该计划在2016年高峰期曾服务超过60000名脆弱租户[1]。与此同时，澳大利亚约640000户家庭目前需要社会住房[1]。联邦政府承诺建造55000套新社会和可负担住房以应对住房短缺[1]。
对于NRAS的替代方案，各方意见不一。国家庇护所首席执行官杰克逊·希尔表示需要"相似且更好"的NRAS计划[1]，但联邦住房部长克莱尔·奥尼尔未就是否支持继任可负担住房政策作出回应[1]。
Australia's National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) ceased operations last month, leaving more than 4,500 tenants confronting substantial rent increases in 2026.[1] An 80-year-old cancer patient, Victor Anderson, experienced a 41% jump in his weekly rent to $475, while 79-year-old retiree Paula Swan saw her weekly rent surge from $319 to $420—a 31.3% increase.[1]
The program's termination has put approximately 36,000 formerly subsidized properties in jeopardy, a sharp decline from its 2016 peak when it served over 60,000 vulnerable tenants.[1] Housing advocates are calling for immediate government intervention to address the crisis. Jackson Hill, CEO of National Shelter, stated that a replacement program "similar to and better than" NRAS is needed.[1] Meanwhile, around 640,000 Australian households currently require social housing assistance.[1] The federal government has pledged to construct 55,000 new social and affordable housing units, though Federal Housing Minister Clare O'Neill has not publicly committed to supporting a successor program to NRAS.[1]