The rights of renters will soon be considered by the national cabinet but the federal government has rejected a Greens proposal to cap rent increases, saying they “don’t work.”
In the midst of a housing crisis across the country, the Greens last week successfully deferred a Labor bill to establish a Housing Australia Future Fund until October by voting with the Coalition to set up a Senate inquiry.
The $10 billion (US$6.7 billion) measure faced an uphill battle in the Senate as the Coalition and much of the crossbench took issue with the fund, which would support the construction of 30,000 new social and affordable housing properties in its first five years….