The discrepancy has brought together community housing providers and property developers, who see it as an opportunity to provide homeless Australians with safe, secure housing. The National Alliance for Meanwhile Use will connect owners of vacant properties to community housing providers in a bid to rapidly scale up ''meanwhile use'' housing - vacant or under-utilised property made temporarily available for short-term accommodation. "Every vacant property represents another opportunity to support people and create housing outcomes while longer-term solutions are being planned, funded, and delivered." "There is no single solution to the housing crisis, and we should be pursuing every opportunity to help people access safe, secure housing," she said. Refurbishing the property cost around $20,000, a fraction of what it would take to deliver equivalent new housing in the same area.