Australia Domestic Violence Victims Warn of The National Rental Affordability Scheme Ending

Domestic violence refuge workers have warned survivors could be forced to return to violent relationships when the National Rental Affordability Scheme begins winding down in December.

The end of the ten-year-old scheme will create a spike in homelessness claim critics, while a federal inquiry in Adelaide has heard that one in four single mothers return to abusive partners because their families cannot survive on welfare.

ABC Note: The National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) is an Australian Government initiative to stimulate the supply of new affordable rental dwellings.

The Department of Social Services (Australia) is responsible for the implementation and ongoing management of NRAS, in consultation with the Australian Taxation Office.

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