Julie Collins 2022

Canberran women facing rental stress or at risk of homelessness will soon have a path to home ownership through an innovative Build-to-Rent-to-Buy pilot program backed by the Federal and ACT Governments.

HOST:

Joining us now is the Minister for Housing, Julie Collins. Julie, thank you very much for being with us. Minister, could you just explain for people who are watching here there? There's a lot of confusion around the schemes ‑ First Home Guarantee scheme, Family Guarantee scheme ‑ what they want to know is how do we benefit from these new changes?

JAYNE AZZOPARDI:

We are joined now by the Minister for Housing, Julie Collins, who joins us from beautiful Hobart. Good morning to us, Julie. Can you talk us through these changes to the Home Guarantee Scheme and how they will work?

JULIE COLLINS:

Small business operators will be front and centre in next month’s Budget with a new tax incentive to help propel their energy transformation.

The Small Business Energy Incentive will help up to 3.8 million small‑ and medium‑sized businesses save energy and save on their energy bills.

The Albanese Labor Government will help more Australians into home ownership sooner through a significant expansion of criteria for the Home Guarantee Scheme. 

The Albanese Labor Government is taking a number of actions in next month’s Budget to improve the supply of rental housing, including to support more social and affordable rental housing. These commitments will help more Australians secure a safe and affordable place to call home. 

All existing HomeBuilder applicants would have until 30 June 2025 to submit supporting documentation to receive the grant under a proposed new agreement by the Albanese Government.

Introduction

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak with you all today.

Australia is facing a number of housing challenges, with too many Australians struggling to access a safe and affordable place to call home.

Events like this conference help to inform and shape the Albanese Government’s decisions about the future of housing policy in Australia.

The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation – NHFIC – has done an important job with the State of the Nation’s Housing report.

It’s evolution into an annual report has cemented its position at the core of the national housing conversation.

This edition continues the great work of the former Housing Supply Council.

JULIE COLLINS: