RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
RENTERS’ rights being strengthened and an additional 200,000 homes to be delivered were among a raft of measures agreed to...
The extra 200,000 homes agreed upon by the Prime Minister and state Premiers including Queensland’s Annastacia Palaszczuk...
The agreement will form part of a boosted National Housing Accord target, initially agreed to by states and territories late last year...
“All governments recognise the best way to ensure that more Australians have a safe and affordable place to call home is to boost housing supply,”...
The federal government has also committed to $3 billion in incentive payments for states and territories that deliver more than...
A National Planning Reform Blueprint will be introduced with the aim of streamlining and boosting planning and zoning, as well as...
Albanese and the Premiers did not heed the Greens’ calls for a national rental freeze or rental caps – a key plank of their negotiations for...
Renters were also promised a national base for rental standards, including running hot and cold water and stovetops to be in working order...
Today the government just spat in the face of the nearly 8 million people in this country who rent,” said Greens housing and homelessness...
“This is a smoke-and-mirrors announcement designed to make it look like Labor has done something meaningful for renters, when in fact they...
A timeline for the rights to be formally introduced has not been defined given the co-ordination required to pass bills around the country...
“We’re not in a position to flick the switch and just change eight pieces of legislation across states and territories immediately,” Albanese said...
However AIA national president Stuart Tanner said the institute is concerned about the ongoing inadequacy of social housing supply and...
“The rates of housing stress and unaffordability in Australia are alarming and demand immediate attention,” Tanner said...
“These are a suite of serious reforms that, if implemented properly, give us the best chance yet of delivering affordable homes and...
Property Council of Australia chief executive Mike Zorbas said National Cabinet is “tackling our housing supply deficit in...
“The New Home Bonus, the Housing Support Program, the National Planning Reform Blueprint, the Social Housing Accelerator and...
HAFF remains in limbo
The government made a last-ditch bid in June to get the Greens onside ahead of the recent parliamentary recess, pledging $2 billion that would...
But the parties remain at loggerheads over the flagship fund. Having already been rejected by Parliament, failure to meet the demands of...