Cuts to Rental Affordability Scheme will impact on older Australians

The Older Persons Affordable Housing Alliance is urging a deferral, not cuts, in the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS). The Alliance – a partnership between Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) and the Council on the Ageing (COTA) – said the Government’s intention to cut 15,000 dwellings from the NRAS target of 50,000 would come at a high cost for older Australians.