Media releases

2025

More support to tackle homelessness and Australians in housing distress

The Albanese Government is progressing two significant policies to support more Australians in severe housing distress, with a strong focus on women and children leaving family and domestic violenc

Albanese Government clamping down on foreign purchase of established homes and land banking

The Albanese Government will ban foreign investors from buying established homes for at least two years and crack down on foreign land banking.

Commonsense changes to help more Australians into a home

Financial regulators will update their guidance to make it easier for Australians with a HELP debt to responsibly take out a mortgage and buy a home, and also unlock the construction of more units,

Funds flowing for new crisis and transitional housing

The Albanese Labor Government has announced that 42 projects across Australia will receive a share of $100 million building hundreds of new crisis and transitional homes for thousands of women

2024

Build to Rent initial affordability standards from 1 January

Today the Albanese Government has taken steps to establish an initial set of affordability standards for Build to Rent developme

New appointment to the Board of Housing Australia

The Albanese Government has appointed Mr Damien Tangey as a part‑time member to the Housing Australia Board (the Board) for a five‑year period.

Albanese Government fast-tracks 5,000 more social homes with States

The Albanese Government is announcing a new partnership with States and Territories to deliver up to 5,000 new social homes under a fast‑track Round 2 of Labor’s Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF

Build‑to‑rent bill paves the way for the construction of 80,000 homes

Today we’ve passed legislation to deliver new tax breaks to support the construction of around 80,000 new homes to rent.

Albanese Government supporting hundreds of new homes for South West Sydney

The Albanese Government is investing $26 million for enabling civil works including roads, sewerage, water and power to deliver hundreds of new homes in South West Sydney as part of the govern

Bills to help first home buyers reintroduced to Parliament

The Albanese Labor Government wants more Australians to own their own home.

More emergency and crisis accommodation for women and children experiencing violence

Australians deserve to have a safe place to go when they need it most.

Work getting underway on Queensland’s biggest ever social and affordable housing project

Work is planned to start next week on Queensland’s biggest ever social and affordable housing project, jointly funded by the Albanese and Miles Labor Governments.

Albanese Government greenlights most social and affordable housing in over a decade

The Albanese Labor Government is delivering more than 13,700 new social and affordable homes across Australia to deliver the biggest investment in social and affordable housing in over a decade.

Helping more Australians buy a home

The Albanese Labor Government is helping more Australians into their own home, according to Housing Australia’s latest report.