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Delivering more homes for Australia

Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP

The Albanese Labor Government’s Homes for Australia plan will deliver significant new funding across the country to build more homes with a new national housing…

Housing and Homelessness Ministerial Council meeting

Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP

The Housing and Homelessness Ministerial Council (Ministerial Council) was held on 31 May 2024. The Ministerial Council welcomed the Hon Felix Ellis, the new Tasmanian…

Housing and Homelessness Ministerial Council meeting

Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP

The Housing and Homelessness Council (Ministerial Council) met at Australian Parliament House in Canberra and online on 25 March 2024 for an out of session…

Housing and Homelessness Ministerial Council meeting

Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP

The Housing and Homelessness Council (Ministerial Council) met on 23 February 2024. Ministers acknowledged the significant work underway by both the Commonwealth and all states…

Boosting supported housing supply in Tasmania

Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP

The Shorewell Park Building for Family Based Care opens today, providing more supported accommodation for Tasmanians who need it most. The new complex of four…

Applications open for historic new housing investment

Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP

Applications open today for the first round of funding for social and affordable homes under the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) and the…

Housing and Homelessness Ministerial Council meeting

Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP

The Housing and Homelessness Ministerial Council (Ministerial Council) met at Australian Parliament House in Canberra on 20 November 2023. The Ministerial Council welcomed new ministers…

Australians have their say on the future of housing

Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP

Hundreds of Australians have already taken the opportunity to have their say on the future of housing as the Albanese Government continues development of the…

Start of Housing Australia Future Fund

Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP

The Albanese Government has delivered on its commitment to Australians with tomorrow marking the start of the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund. The Housing…

First Social Housing Accelerator in Riverwood

Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP

More people in New South Wales will have access to their own home with a $6.2 million redevelopment of residential dwellings in Riverwood – the…

Landmark housing legislation passes the Parliament

Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP

The Albanese Labor Government’s landmark legislation to deliver the single biggest investment in affordable and social housing in more than a decade has passed the…

More than 50,000 Australians helped into home ownership

Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP

The Albanese Government has helped more than 50,000 Australians into home ownership in the 12 months since the election. This includes more than 6,000 Australians through the Regional…

Billions to boost housing and affordability

Media Release by The Hon Julie Collins MP

The Albanese Government’s second Budget will enable billions of dollars of investment in new social and affordable housing, incentivise new long-term rentals and provide additional…