The Greens are holding firm on their demands for renters as talks continue on the federal government’s proposed multibillion-dollar housing fund.
Crunch time is approaching for the government’s $10 billion housing future fund legislation, which is due to hit the Senate during the upcoming sitting fortnight.
The $10 billion would be invested to generate returns that will help subsidise 30,000 affordable homes, with the earnings distributed to housing capped at $500 million a year.
The Greens are laying out where they are willing to compromise and where they plan to dig in. The party has been blocking the fund in the hopes of extracting more ambition out of the government….