Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis, with house prices and rents rapidly increasing. People are paying so much for housing that they are being forced into financial hardship.

In the lead-up to the federal election, a national alliance of housing, homelessness and welfare peak bodies has formed Vote Home, to ensure housing affordability and homelessness are tier one election issues.

The alliance – formed by Homelessness Australia (HA), National Shelter, the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) and the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) – asks all Australians to stand up for change by joining the Vote Home movement, calling for a national strategy to end the housing crisis by 2025.