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Tess Ikonomou

More cash needed for social housing: rental inquiry

A parliamentary inquiry has called for continued funding for social housing in an interim report. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Investment in public and affordable housing must continue and the federal government should take the lead on bolstering renters' rights, a parliamentary committee says.

The interim report on Australia's worsening rental crisis, released on Thursday, made two recommendations for the government which include it take a "co-ordinating role" in rental reform and stumping up the cash for housing the vulnerable.

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