The Greens have offered to compromise further on the government's signature housing bill to put an end to a stalemate in the Senate, but the federal government looks unlikely to take up the offer. Key points: The government's Housing Australia Future Fund has faced a stalemate for weeks The Greens have offered a compromise, but it would still force a …
Before the 2022 election, Labor promised to create a $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund, interest from which will be used to fund a number of housing projects. "That's why Labor would create the Housing Australia Future Fund, a $10 billion investment in social and affordable housing," he said. According to a policy document on the ALP's website: "Each year …
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is the first in decades to declare war on what he calls the "pain of rising rents". I can think of at least four things that would do more to restrain rents than Labor's $10 billion fund — and one of them would do it a lot quicker. Greens and Coalition unite to block Housing Australia Future …