Melbourne property values fell while Sydney’s rose less than inflation, according to fresh data, as the Greens push for a new renters’ advocate and the Liberals threaten to make housing a condition of federal funding.
Bad landlords would be hit with thousands of dollars in fines, and state governments deprived of billions in revenue if they failed to build enough houses, under duelling Greens and Coalition pitches to ease the housing crisis even as the market cools.
The party that may hold the balance of power after the next election would require state-based laws because the Commonwealth does not have constitutional power over rents, but it ups the stakes in its fight with the federal government which has“Unlimited rent increases should be illegal. Unliveable rentals should be illegal,” Greens leader Adam Bandt said, referring to creating minimum standards for things such as heating and cooling.
Under the GST deal put in place by the Howard government, all proceeds of the tax must flow to the states and territories., and Bragg said new supply-side measures were being looked at, pointing to a New Zealand policy linking construction to funding. Newly appointed Housing Minister Clare O’Neil vowed last month to find new ways to boost the supply of housing and curb the soaring cost of construction in a sign of how fiercely contested housing policy will be in the lead-up to the next federal election.
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