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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Amy Remeikis

Labor has boosted its housing package but will it be enough to win over the Greens?

New home construction
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says that over the first five years, its housing fund will build 20,000 social housing properties. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

With housing insecurity increasing, property prices continuing to rise and the Reserve Bank predicting further increases in rent, calls are growing louder for governments to do more on Australia’s housing crisis.

Labor had announced a housing future fund as part of its election commitments, but has struggled to get its legislation through a progressive Senate, with the Greens pushing for further action.

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