Object of this Act
3 Object of this Act
The object of this Act is to establish Housing Australia to improve housing outcomes for Australians by:
strengthening efforts to increase the supply of housing; and
encouraging investment in housing (particularly in the social or affordable housing sector); and
providing finance or grants that complement, leverage or support Commonwealth, State or Territory activities relating to housing; and
contributing to the development of the scale, efficiency and effectiveness of the community housing sector in Australia; and
assisting earlier access to the housing market by first home buyers; and
assisting earlier access to the housing market by:
single parents with dependants; and
legal guardians of children where the legal guardian is single; and
assisting earlier access to the housing market by individuals who have not held an ownership interest in real property in Australia in the last 10 years.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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