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Government's Help to Buy Scheme will increase house prices as experts call for changes to NG & CGT
April 18, 2024
The Greens have slammed the government for failing to model how much their critically panned ‘housing lottery’ will raise the price of homes, saying Labor was ‘irresponsible’ for failing to even ask about the...
Read More ShareData shows Australia has a $164,000 wall in the way of homeownership: say Greens
March 21, 2024
Analysis done by the Parliamentary Library using Core Logic and ABS data has shown that across Australia the annual income needed to purchase a house and not be in housing stress is $164,400 -...
Read More SharePublic property developer would save renters and first home buyers thousands of dollars, under Greens plan
March 06, 2024
Public property developer would save renters and first home buyers thousands of dollars, under Greens plan EMBARGOED to 10:00pm, Tuesday March 5 On Wednesday at the National Press Club, Greens spokesperson for Housing and...
Read More ShareGreens to vote against Labor’s housing lottery this week
February 26, 2024
Australian Greens MPs in the House of Representatives will vote against Labor’s ‘Help To Buy’ scheme - a narrow housing lottery that will push up prices for 99.8% of people - saying the...
Read More ShareNegative gearing, CGT discounts in Help To Buy firing line as Greens say system stacked against renters and first home buyers
February 12, 2024
The Greens will demand significant changes to Negative Gearing and the Capital Gains Tax Discount in negotiations on the government’s ‘Help to Buy’ bill currently before the Parliament, saying that Labor’s ‘housing lottery’ will...
Read More ShareRenters pay a house deposit worth of rent every 5 years
October 31, 2023
Using ABS data, Parliamentary Library analysis has shown that the average renter has paid $106,550 per household over the past five years, or $240,3 billion in total rent paid from 2019-2023. Meanwhile, over the...
Read More SharePressure works on Victorian Government but tumbleweeds for renters: Greens
September 19, 2023
Today the Albanese and Andrews governments announced an urgently needed redevelopment of public housing blocks will go ahead thanks to the $3 billion secured by the Greens throughout negotiations on the Housing Australia Future...
Read More ShareGreens pressure extracts $3 billion spent directly on housing, HAFF will pass senate, fight for rent freeze and rent caps continues
September 11, 2023
In exchange for the Greens’ support of the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill, the government has today agreed to spend a further $1 billion in immediate and direct spending on public and community housing....
Read More ShareInvestor Funding Mirage: property investors do not deliver housing supply
September 06, 2023
Between 2019-2023, 83.2% of investor finance went to the purchase of existing dwellings, analysis of ABS data by the Parliamentary Library shows. Meanwhile, only 10.5% of that finance went towards the construction of new...
Read More ShareGreens welcome German Government's plan to freeze rent increases for 3 years
August 28, 2023
Today the German Government has signaled their intention to introduce a 3 year rent freeze. The announcement comes amid record rent increases in Germany, similar to those being experienced in Australia. The Government said...
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