In the financial year 2023, the Australian government spent just over 4.7 billion Australian dollars across all the states and territories on the Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) scheme. The CRA is a non-taxable income supplement payment made to eligible people who rent in the private rental market or community housing.
Government real expenditure for the Commonwealth Rent Assistance in Australia from financial years 2019 to 2023
(in million Australian dollars)
Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30; for example, financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.
Expenditure data in this table include CRA payments made with ABSTUDY Living Allowance and under the Veterans' Entitlements Act. These typically make up less than 2% of total CRA expenditure.
*Increased expenditure due to COVID-19 related government support.
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Productivity Commission (Australia). (January 21, 2024). Government real expenditure for the Commonwealth Rent Assistance in Australia from financial years 2019 to 2023 (in million Australian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463374/australia-government-expenditure-commonwealth-rent-assistance/
Productivity Commission (Australia). "Government real expenditure for the Commonwealth Rent Assistance in Australia from financial years 2019 to 2023 (in million Australian dollars) ." Chart. January 21, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463374/australia-government-expenditure-commonwealth-rent-assistance/
Productivity Commission (Australia). (2024). Government real expenditure for the Commonwealth Rent Assistance in Australia from financial years 2019 to 2023 (in million Australian dollars) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463374/australia-government-expenditure-commonwealth-rent-assistance/
Productivity Commission (Australia). "Government Real Expenditure for The Commonwealth Rent Assistance in Australia from Financial Years 2019 to 2023 (in Million Australian Dollars) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463374/australia-government-expenditure-commonwealth-rent-assistance/
Productivity Commission (Australia), Government real expenditure for the Commonwealth Rent Assistance in Australia from financial years 2019 to 2023 (in million Australian dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463374/australia-government-expenditure-commonwealth-rent-assistance/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Government real expenditure for the Commonwealth Rent Assistance in Australia from financial years 2019 to 2023 (in million Australian dollars) [Graph], Productivity Commission (Australia), January 21, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1463374/australia-government-expenditure-commonwealth-rent-assistance/
