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Divisive Package Will Hurt Those It Aims To Help

“Today’s housing package is all about blaming Mum and Dad investors without properly acknowledging why they’ve invested in housing – lack of supply has driven up houses prices,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “This is ...

“On supply, the Government is partially right – investment is needed to get infrastructure like roads and services to vacant land so more houses can be built.8 billion funding announcement is an expensive band-aid that if properly applied should result in some more houses being built.’ “This will only be a success if large numbers of houses are built in short order.“We need to know much more about how this will happen and where these houses will be built.

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