Jodie Belyea (Dunkley, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Albanese Labor government knows that Australians are having a tough time at the moment with housing, whether it be in trying to buy or trying to rent. That's why we are getting on with the job of building more homes for Australians. Since I've been in this role, I've heard on the doors while I've been out in the community and on the phones that housing is a big issue for our people, from single mothers to families of four to those in low-paid work. There is a devastating feeling that comes with yet another rent increase or losing out on another rental application. There is a chronic housing shortage in Australia which has been decades in the making. The core of the problem is that Australia has not been building enough houses for far too long.

Those opposite, when they were in government for nearly 10 years, did absolutely nothing to help this crisis. A growing number of young adults and families with a dream of owning their own home are having to come to terms with the fact that it will take much longer to buy than it did for their parents. That's why our government is just getting on with the job of building, instead of blocking like those opposite. Our Homes for Australia plan will build more homes, more quickly, in more parts of the country, fulfilling an ambitious goal of building 1.2 million homes by the end of the decade. Nearly 400,000 homes have already been built across Australia since Labor took office.

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