Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

As Senator Grogan would be aware, we are pursuing a comprehensive set of measures to improve the availability of housing in this country. This includes an investment of $2 billion in social housing, reintroducing the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund and providing more than half a billion dollars of investment in social and rental homes through the National Housing Infrastructure Facility.

If I can go back to the $2 billion that I referenced earlier, the Social Housing Accelerator payment is a payment to the state and territory governments. It will create thousands of rental homes for Australians on social housing waiting lists. Next week the Prime Minister will be meeting with first ministers to have positive and constructive discussions. Our priority for this meeting is very clear. It's about increasing housing supply and housing affordability across this country. National cabinet will be considering ways to improve planning and to improve renters' rights. After a wasted decade, we don't want to waste a day.