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Australia — Achol Arok and Nick Visser
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Number of NSW households in urgent need of priority housing hits highest level in over a year
The number of NSW households in urgent need of priority social housing has reached 13,776, the highest in more than a year.
The waitlist has sat [at] around 70,000 since May. Anyone reading that as stability should look at what is happening inside that number.
Urgent need is growing six times faster than general need on this register. Every month, a bigger share of the people waiting are people who cannot afford to wait.
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Number of NSW households in urgent need of priority housing hits highest level in over a year
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Source: The Guardian · Achol Arok and Nick Visser. Published 25 Aug 2026, 07:44 am.
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