Jason Clare (Blaxland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move—

That the House:

(1)

notes:

(a)

the pain being felt by Australian families struggling to pay off mortgages due to rising interest rates;

(b)

the failure of the previous government to heed the warnings of the Reserve Bank; and

(c)

the need for low cost home ownership and reduced entry costs for home buyers as well as a range of rental options for moderate to low income households;

(2)

supports the Government’s commitment to tackling this problem by appointing a Minister for Housing and by making it a key priority for COAG in 2008; and

(3)

welcomes the Government’s plan to help first homebuyers break into the housing market with the first-home saver account scheme. (Notice given 21 February 2008.)

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