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Defence Housing Australia's profit cited in public housing debate
Original: https:// michaelwest.com.au/the-public- housing-answer-australia-already-knows/ "Defence Housing Australia looked after
Commentators are pointing to Defence Housing Australia as proof Australia already knows how to run public housing at scale. The agency managed 17,353 homes as of June 2025 and recorded an after-tax profit of $23.9 million, with critics noting no one calls its model welfare. The argument comes as public housing makes up only around 4% of Australia's housing stock, amid ongoing debate over the country's housing affordability crisis.
Why now: Australia's housing affordability crisis is driving renewed debate over expanding public housing.
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- https:// michaelwest.com.au/the-public- housing-answer-australia-already-knows/ "Defence Housing Australia looked after 17,353 homes at June 2025 and made an after-tax profit of $23.9 million. Nobody calls that welfare." Australia only has 4% of housing as public # housing ,… · sajilicious@hachyderm.io · 5
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