The federal government's key housing policy is set to pass parliament after a deal was reached with the Greens.
abc.net.au/news/housing-australia-future-fund-set-to-pass-parliament/102839558The federal government's key housing policy is set to pass parliament after a deal brokered with the Greens.
Under the proposal, the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund includes 30,000 new and affordable social homes to be built in its first five years.which had been stalled after the party made a list of demands to be included in the HAFF. The Greens have now agreed to back the fund, saying they have secured an extra $1 billion for public and community housing from the government.
Greens leader Adam Bandt, who had previously vowed to "sink" the housing bill, said the pressure the party had put on the government secured the extra funding, which will be allotted to relieve Australia's housing crisis, not fix it.The Greens' housing spokesperson, Max Chandler-Mather, said he would still pressure the government to secure a freeze to rent increases, one of the party's original demands when it had blocked the bill.