We are still on a path to widening inequality when it comes to housing. The budget doesn’t change that

We need government intervention to deliver enough public housing and community housing for at least one in ten households. Photograph: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

While this budget provides some relief from the worst rental crisis in living memory, the underlying causes of our housing strife remain and will only get worse without fundamental reform.

The increase in jobSeeker, youth allowance, and commonwealth rent assistance, and other income support measures for single parents and over 55s are welcome measures that will ease some of the strain.