Bill
National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024
lapsed, as at 2025-02-11.
- Sponsor
- Kylea Tink
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2024-06-24
- second reading — 2024-06-24
- other — 2025-02-11
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2024-06-24.
The bill would create a legal framework for developing a National Housing and Homelessness Plan focused on human rights.
The Housing Minister must develop the plan with expert advice and assistance from Housing Australia, a National Housing Consumer Council, and an independent National Housing and Homelessness Advocate.
The plan must be fully refreshed every 10 years, with progress reports to Parliament every three years.
- Requires the Housing Minister to develop and maintain a National Housing and Homelessness Plan.
- Establishes a National Housing Consumer Council to give consumer perspectives on the plan.
- Creates an independent National Housing and Homelessness Advocate to monitor progress and review systemic housing issues.
People in Australia who need housing, including those experiencing homelessness, and the agencies involved in housing policy such as Housing Australia and the Housing Minister.
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