The Greens welcome the announced independent review into Homes Tasmania, which will look into the governance, reporting and effectiveness in supplying Tasmanians with more homes.
The cost of living and housing, as well as climate change and the environment, are among the top concerns of Tasmanian young people, according to Mission Australia’s Youth Survey.
Rents in greater nipaluna/Hobart are the second highest of any capital city in Australia, the latest Rental Affordability Index report by SGS Economics and Planning has shown.
Homes Tasmania information in an RTI generated by the ABC has exposed the deceptiveness of your government's claims to build 10,000 new dwellings by 2032.
Revelations the government is completely fudging the numbers* on their promise to deliver 10,000 homes by 2032 are extraordinary and show the Liberals’ lack of commitment to fixing
Minister, there are other sites in and around the city and there's two I'm thinking of particularly.
Minister, I just want to go back to the Homes Faster! Partnership medium high-density development grant, and I've had a look at the front of the chapter. Which minister administers that grant?
I just go back to evidence that was given at the legislative council short enquiry process hearings some months ago and from the Hansard to that conversation that we had.
We acknowledge there is rental assistance in the Budget, of course, but as has been required for so long, we need some structural reform in this space so as rents are controlled to make sure that the rights of tenants are protected and rents are not excessive. Why are you so resistant to introducing this kind of reform to assist some Tasmanians who are so deeply in need?
Minister, you're very good at articulating the fact that we're a third of the way through our time period to 2032 and we're a third of the way to meeting our 10,000 home target. But when it comes to social housing, the most recent dashboard shows that 370 new social homes have been built so far. That's 19 per cent of the 2000 social homes target, which is to be reached by mid-2027.