Bill
Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023
passed, as at 2023-09-28. Treasury portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Treasury
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-02-09
- second reading — 2023-02-09
- second reading — 2023-02-14
- second reading — 2023-02-15
- second reading — 2023-02-15
- committee — 2023-02-16
- third reading — 2023-02-16
- introduced — 2023-03-06
- second reading — 2023-03-06
- second reading — 2023-05-09
- second reading — 2023-05-11
- second reading — 2023-09-12
- second reading — 2023-09-13
- second reading — 2023-09-13
- committee — 2023-09-13
- third reading — 2023-09-13
- other — 2023-09-13
- other — 2023-09-14
- passed — 2023-09-14
- royal assent — 2023-09-28
Divisions
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-09-13.72.3) to keep schedule 4 of the [Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbillhome%2Fr6972%22) unchanged. In parliamentary jargon, they voted that it "stand as printed". Schedule 4 "*contains amendments to Acts that are consequential to the HAFF [Housing Australia Future Fund] Bill and the functioning of the HAFF*" (read more in the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2223a/23bd059) ). — 2023-09-13, Senate: affirmative, ayes 35, noes 27
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023 - Consideration of Senate Message - Agree with Senate amendment — 2023-09-14, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 92, noes 49
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-02-09.
This bill is part of a package that would establish the Housing Australia Future Fund to provide a funding source for social and affordable housing and other acute housing needs.
The package would also create the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council as an independent statutory advisory body to advise the government on housing supply and affordability.
The Housing Australia Future Fund would receive an initial $10 billion credit and aims to fund 30,000 social and affordable homes and allocate $330 million to acute housing needs over its first five years.
- Establishes the Housing Australia Future Fund as a funding source for social and affordable housing and acute housing needs.
- Creates the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council as an independent advisory body.
- Provides an initial $10 billion credit to the Housing Australia Future Fund.
The measures would affect people in need of social and affordable housing, including Indigenous communities, women, children, and veterans.
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