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- The National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) is an Australian Government initiative to stimulate the supply of new affordable rental dwellings. The Scheme offers annual incentives for ten years (indexed annually to the rental component of the CPI). The two key elements of the incentive are:
* A Commonwealth Government Incentive currently of $8,335.75 per dwelling per year as a refundable tax offset or payment ; and
* A State or Territory Government Incentive currently of $2,778.58 per dwelling per year in direct or in kind financial support. The Incentive is provided annually for ten years and is indexed based upon the rental component of the CPI index. The most recent increase was 0.6%. Incentives are provided on the condition that throughout the ten-year period the dwelling is rented at least 20 per cent below the market rate to eligible low and moderate income households. The Department of Social Services (Australia) is responsible for the implementation and ongoing management of NRAS, in consultation with the Australian Taxation Office. In addition to this, many State and Local Governments have provided planning incentives where NRAS approved dwellings are to be built. Currently, housing affordability is a problem in Australia. For society to function people need to live affordably in or around areas where they work. Key workers such as nurses, teachers, police officers, fire fighters, ambulance operators and other members of society need to be able to access housing which is affordable. This generally means that they do not spend more than 30% of their household income on rent. The incentive is available to nearly all dwelling types such as houses, apartments, villas, flats and town houses. This first incentives were paid annually from a period beginning 1 May 2008 to 30 April 2009, in what is referred to as an NRAS Year, which offsets the financial year by two months. Payments based on the NRAS Year will continue until 2026. (en)
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- The National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) is an Australian Government initiative to stimulate the supply of new affordable rental dwellings. The Scheme offers annual incentives for ten years (indexed annually to the rental component of the CPI). The two key elements of the incentive are:
* A Commonwealth Government Incentive currently of $8,335.75 per dwelling per year as a refundable tax offset or payment ; and
* A State or Territory Government Incentive currently of $2,778.58 per dwelling per year in direct or in kind financial support. (en)
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