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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 $7,846 per dwelling per year as a refundable tax offset or payment (this implies that the incentives are tax-free); and *A State or Territory Government Incentive currently of $2,285 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 5.4%. Incentives are provided on the condition that throughout the ten-year period the dwelling is rented at 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 generous 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Australian Department of Social Services )〕 ==How to Access the NRAS Program== As the NRAS aims to encourage large-scale investment in affordable housing, it is not directly available to small-scale, private, individual investors in the rental property market. Under Round Three of the scheme which is currently running, direct applications can only be made by those with 1,000 or more dwellings. However, those with developments under 1,000 are still able to access the scheme through an Approved NRAS Participant which allows all sized developments large and small access to the scheme, and importantly allows NRAS registered housing to be bought and sold by developers and investors while still remaining NRAS compliant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NRAS resources, documents and information )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Rental Affordability Scheme」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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