Media releases
2025
The Albanese Labor Government is building more homes more quickly, and making them easier to buy
The Albanese Labor Government is tackling Australia’s housing crisis, making it easier to buy, better to rent, and building more homes faster.
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