Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) the Morrison Government's HomeBuilder scheme includes grants of $25,000 for home renovations valued between $150,000 to $750,000,

  (ii) individuals can earn up to $125,000, and couples can earn up to $200,000, a year to be eligible for the grants, and

  (iii) there is a huge backlog of urgent repairs needed in Australia's social housing stock; and

(b) calls on the Government to scrap renovation grants from the HomeBuilder scheme and direct these funds towards addressing the backlog of social housing repairs and the shortfall in social housing stock.