New Delhi:The Austrailian government under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to deliver more affordable and social housing to help local communities.
The Labour government has in its first round of Housing Australia Future Fund and National Housing Accord programs aims to deliver 4,220 social and 9,522 affordable homes, including 1,267 homes for women and children escaping domestic violence and older women at risk of homelessness, a government release stated. The first round of programs will support more social and affordable housing than the Liberals and Nationals did in their entire nine years in office, the government claims.
“The Commonwealth Government is back in the game of delivering social and affordable houses at scale, working with all levels of government and the community housing sector to deliver the biggest investment in social housing in over a decade,” said Clare O’Neil, the Minister for Housing and Homelessness.
The Housing Australia program has recommended contract negotiations for 185 projects. The government is directly supporting more social and affordable housing than the Liberals and Nationals did in their entire nine years in office. The programs will provide an ongoing funding stream for the construction of 40,000 social and affordable housing projects. The government expects that applications for the second round of funding will open in the next six months.