The federal government's signature housing policy to establish a $10 billion future fund for social and affordable housing has been stalled for weeks. The Greens are offering a further compromise to guarantee its passage.
abc.net.au/news/greens-offer-compromise-to-break-housing-stalemate/102438258The Greens have offered to compromise further on the government's signature housing bill to put an end to a stalemate in the Senate.The Greens have offered a compromise, but it would still force a significant lift in the government's ambitionsThe $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund has been stalled in the Senate for weeks as the government has struggled to find enough support for it to pass.
But the Greens demanded far more funding, saying the government should be spending closer to $5 billion each year to close the gap in the nation's housing shortfall, and arguing that the fund did nothing to help renters.
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