Justice, Opportunity and Shared Wealth for all South Australians
For renters on low incomes fixed to CPI, rent is becoming an increasing burden on the household budget. The clear trend that the sorts of housing stress indicated in the 2009-10 HES expenditure figures are getting worse as rent rises outstrip income. This is a particular problem because, given the large proportion of welfare recipients’ income which can be dedicated to paying rent, these price rises represent a major problem and a potential driver of poverty and homelessness.
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Price is not the only issue in relation to accessibility of transport for low income households, and transport prices are not a major driver of cost of living pressures. However, a detailed look at transport prices does show that there are still areas of concern with rising transport prices still contributing to cost of living pressures in particular low income households.
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It is clear that health costs impact disproportionately on those on low incomes (although actual expenditure is more in the higher income brackets – meaning that increasing prices also effect better-off households). However, the cost of health care is not just an important cost of living issue, it has direct implications for the health outcomes of people.
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To coincide with the SACOSS Cost of Living Summit the September Quarter Update provides the regular update of changes in the last quarter, followed by a post-Summit report.
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The cost of essential goods and services—utilities, healthy food, housing and health are rising incredibly fast. The overall generic Consumer Price Index (CPI) never gives the real picture of those critical day-to-day expenses.
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Data shows that food generally is going up faster than the inflation rate, and that healthy foods have gone up even more than food prices generally.
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