Pages tagged "policy_housing"
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Independents pressure Greens to break housing stalemate after Queensland election losses
ABC News, 4 November 2024
Kylea, ACT Senator David Pocock and several other independents are pressuring the Greens to support the Government's Build to Rent Bill that would create thousands of new rental homes. The bill is currently before the Senate.
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REIA backs bill to recognise housing as a ‘human right’
REB, 30 October 2024
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) and the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) have called on the federal Parliament to support the National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024, which was jointly introduced in both houses of parliament by Kylea and ACT Senator David Pocock earlier this year.
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Can Australia end homelessness?
The Conversation, 6 August 2024
Kylea and ACT Senator David Pocock's Private Members Bill is an historic opportunity for the government to turn around the problem of homelessness. But it will be a challenge, according to an analysis in The Conversation.
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Housing Bill Inquiry Submission
The Private Members Bill Senator Pocock and introduced to parliament has now been referred to an Economics Legislation Committee Inquiry. This process enables others from across our community to have their say on this important piece of legislation as, as it currently stands, the government is resisting legislating it. Given this, if you would like to offer your expertise or opinion in this area, I would encourage you to make a submission.
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A new bill is proposing a human right to housing. How would this work?
The Conversation, 5 July 2024
The Conversation's explainer article dives into the fundamentals of Kylea and David Pocock's bill to make housing a human right, and how this would work to help mitigate the housing crisis and homelessness.
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‘A diabolical mess’: How did we get into this housing crisis, and how do we get out?
The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 June 2024
As the Australian housing crisis continues, this feature article dives into how we got to this point, and how Kylea and David Pocock's joint Housing Bill is seeking to establish housing as a human right, and start a conversation on what housing actually is - a human right, or a profit centre?
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Housing Question To Prime Minister
House of Representatives, 24 June 2024
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Housing Private Members Bill
House of Representatives, 24 June 2024
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Help to Buy Amendment
House of Representatives, 28 February 2024
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Second Reading: Help to Buy Bill 2023
House of Representatives, 26 February 2024