Category: Housing Affordability Fund

Labor’s Attempt to Appease Greens Fall Flat as Greens Cling to Rent Freezes

The Greens are being chastised for their failure to support one of Labor’s key legislative policies, the Housing Affordability Future Fund (HAFF), after the government rejected their demand of a country-wide rental freeze, with the Prime Minister calling them difficult. This is despite the announcement the government would make key changes to the bill that would…


PM Continues Quiet Targeting of Greens As Housing Fund Stoush Continues

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has continued his quiet targeting of the Greens Party, calling out the Greens Housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather for failing to support the Housing Australia Future Fund, and also running petitions to block the development of more housing supply in Brisbane. “One of the things that we need to do is to make sure that…


Canada’s Home Builders Grow in Confidence, Say Industry’s Success Needs Municipal Cooperation

Home builders in Canada have their work cut out to increase the housing supply and ease the affordability crisis, and industry participants also point to municipal-level cooperation as being critical to the solution. Home builders’ confidence is growing despite supply chain and labour challenges, according to the first-quarter release of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association…