Federal, state and territory ministers meet to tackle Australia’s growing housing affordability crisis

Australia’s housing ministers have met to discuss the worsening housing affordability crisis. The federal government is planning to spend $10bn on 30,000 social housing properties within five yers. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Australia’s state, territory and federal housing ministers have met for the first time in half a decade in an effort to develop a national response to the housing affordability crisis.

Housing and homelessness minister, Julie Collins, convened the meeting in Melbourne on Friday as part of the Albanese government’s push to establish a national housing and homelessness plan.