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Greens set to negotiate with government on housing bill
October 05, 2022
With the Greens likely to be in balance of power on Labor’s forthcoming housing bill, the Australian Greens Party Room has formally empowered Greens Leader Adam Bandt and Housing and Homelessness Spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather,...
Read More ShareRenters $3000 better off under Greens rent freeze plan
September 29, 2022
Analysis by the Parliamentary Library estimates that renters across Australia would be $7.1 billion better off if rents had been frozen nationwide for the past 12 months. With rents increasing by 14% nationwide, the...
Read More ShareScottish government freezes rents - time for the Federal Labor government to do the same
September 07, 2022
Today the Scottish government has announced they are freezing rents for all public and private rental properties until March 2023 and banning evictions over winter, to protect Scottish renters from the impacts of a...
Read More ShareLabor's plan will only meet 3% of social housing need
September 01, 2022
Analysis provided by the Parliamentary Library predicts that Labor’s housing plan will deliver only 3% of the social housing Australia will need by 2032. According to estimates provided by the Parliamentary Library, Australia currently...
Read More ShareLabor’s Social Housing Plan will abandon hundreds of thousands of people to housing stress and homelessness
September 01, 2022
Greens spokesperson for housing Max Chandler-Mather has today responded to the Housing Minister's comments on social housing, calling Labor's plan to build 20,000 afforable homes over 5 years deeply unambitious and inadequate to address...
Read More ShareGreens call for national rent freeze
August 25, 2022
With the upcoming Jobs Summit and recent Everybody’s Home research detailing the impact the rental crisis is having on the broader economy, Max Chandler-Mather MP, Greens spokesperson for Housing and Homelessness, has today called...
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