CHIA Media release: Budget delivers progress on housing, but more must be done
Australia’s peak community housing industry body has endorsed the Federal budget’s commitment to electrification and energy performance in social housing alongside new incentives for build-to-rent projects, but warned there is still a way to go to tackle the mammoth challenge.
Community Housing Industry Association chief executive officer Wendy Hayhurst said: “Rising rents are hitting household budgets hard. While the federal budget doesn’t tackle the crisis completely, it does pave a path forward to fix it,” Ms Hayhurst said.
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