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Labor pledges $2b extra for housing as bill stalls

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States and territories are getting a boost to their social housing budgets. Photo: AAP

State and territory governments are set to receive a $2 billion boost in funding for social housing within the next two weeks.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce the Social Housing Accelerator at the Victorian Labor conference on Saturday.

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