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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Lucy Bladen

ACT to receive $50m of social housing spend

Chief Minister Andrew Barr on Saturday. Picture by Keegan Carroll

The ACT is set to receive $50 million from the federal government to boost social housing in the territory, with a plan to deliver extra housing to be developed over the coming months.

The funding is the territory's share of a $2 billion social housing spend announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday. States and territories will receive funding in the next two weeks and have to spend, or commit to spend, the money over the next two years.

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