One in 10 new homes built would be public housing and Australia\u2019s standard rental lease doubled to two years under measures put to the federal government by the nation\u2019s peak union body. <\/p>\n
In 2021, 2.9 million Australian households were renters, with the prospect a more financially viable option compared to home ownership, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. <\/p>\n
The Australian Trade Council of Unions is pushing Labor to amend its national rental framework to require landlords to offer at least two years of housing security as the default standard. <\/p>\n
This change \u2013 designed to ease the financial pressures of moving homes repeatedly \u2013 would also include stronger protections against unfair evictions and rent gouging.<\/p>\n
\u201cNurses, teachers and other workers are living with the yearly uncertainty that comes with constant rent hikes and one-year leases being the standard option,\u201d ACTU President Michele O\u2019Neil said in a statement. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur housing system should reflect the reality that millions of working people are renters.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ACTU is also pushing for the government to establish a new public housing target that would lift the construction rate from 1 in 50 new homes to 1 in 10. <\/p>\n
If implemented, this would bring Australia\u2019s public housing construction rate to the same level as it was under the Hawke government. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf we\u2019re serious about fixing the housing crisis, we must increase public housing stock to free up homes in the private rental market and make renting more affordable for everyone,\u201d Ms O\u2019Neil said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUsing modern construction methods such as factory-built modular housing can deliver high-quality homes faster at lower cost and greater scale. <\/p>\n
\u201cGovernments must all step up and tackle Australia\u2019s housing crisis with the ambition it needs. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe need more homes, stronger rights for renters, faster construction and renewed investment in public housing.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Neil, Cash spar on rent rises <\/p>\n
Earlier, Liberal frontbencher Michaelia Cash accused the government of \u201cgaslighting\u201d Australians over the impact of its tax changes on rent increases around the country. <\/p>\n
Her comments came in response to a report in The Australian that real estate giant Ray White backed forecasts of rents increasing by up to 30 per cent. <\/p>\n
This increase reflected how much rents would need to rise, if prices did not change, for minimum investor yield \u2013 a hurdle rate for investments \u2013 to be restored after the loss of negative gearing on established homes. <\/p>\n
Asked about the figures, Housing Minister Clare O\u2019Neil told Seven\u2019s Sunrise there was \u201can awful lot\u201d that went into determining rents. <\/p>\n
She insisted the government was dealing with a \u201cbroken housing system\u201d in the context of four decades of federal inaction. <\/p>\n
Treasury\u2019s modelling of the impact of the budget tax changes, which concluded it would contribute $2 per week to rent increases, reflected the \u201cisolated effect of what the government changed about the housing system\u201d, the Labor minister added. <\/p>\n
But Senator Cash warned Labor had to take \u201ca bit of responsibility\u201d for the rental crisis and \u201cstop gaslighting the mum and dads\u201d struggling in the rental crisis. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One in 10 new homes built would be public housing and Australia\u2019s standard rental lease doubled to 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