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150,000 Aussies achieve homeownership

This in partnership with the WA government and the community housing sector

A new 29-storey build-to-rent project will deliver social and affordable housing on the fringe of Perth’s central business district.

The cost-of-living crisis is hitting Australians hard — and theres no bigger cost of living than housing. So what is Labor doing about it?

For Treasury Wines CEO Tim Ford, Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson, Liontown’s Tony Ottaviano and Housing Australia’s Nathan Dal Bon the stakes have rarely been higher.

Australia’s immigration targets should match the country’s ability to supply housing, which would “mean a cut”, the AMP chief economist says.

The slow pace of housing development requires faster co-ordinated action by governments, especially after the blocking of Labor’s housing fund bill in the Senate.

The head of the federal government’s housing agency says a sizeable subsidised housing sector could support a development sector facing a shrinking pipeline.

The Home Guarantee Scheme has now helped 100,000 Australians purchase or build their own home since the it commenced over three years ago.

A $22.6m residential complex has opened to tackle Brisbane’s dire social housing crisis with 42 two-bedroom apartments now available for single parents and jobseekers 5km from the CBD.