The Housing Australia Future Fund appears destined for defeat in the Senate with a last-minute offer to compromise on the bill rejected by the Greens. The fund would establish a $10 billion investment where the returns were predicted to build 30,000 affordable homes over five years.
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Federal government shifts on key housing policy – but Greens remain opposedFederal Housing Minister Julie Collins has offered to amend the Housing Australia Future Fund legislation to guarantee yearly spending in return for Senate crossbench support.
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Labor to make $500 million housing concessionAt least $500 million will be spent on social and affordable housing each year in a concession by Labor with hopes of securing support for the federal government’s key housing bill. The government needs the support of the Greens to get its $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund passed through the senate. Labor has promised 30,000 social and affordable homes will be built over the first five years of the fund, using returns from the investment.
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Greens should be ‘disgusted in themselves’: Jacqui Lambie on housing bill hold-upIndependent Senator Jacqui Lambie says the Greens should be “disgusted in themselves” for delaying the passing of the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill. “The only people holding this up are the Greens,” she told Sky News Australia. “Quite frankly they should be disgusted in themselves, that’s where I’m at with them – get this housing through and we can build on it as we’re going along.”
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Time for delays is ‘over’ to pass Labor’s housing fundHousing Minister Julie Collins says time for delays is “over” to pass through the Labor government's Housing Australia Future Fund. “The Greens senators and the Liberal senators need to have a good look at themselves,” Ms Collins told Sky News Australia. “We know how critical this is which is why we’re investing so heavily.”
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Labor, Greens fail to break stalemate on housing fundRenters could have longer to wait for action on the housing crisis as the Greens and Labor remain at loggerheads over the federal government’s policy response.
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