Australia’s peak community housing industry body has endorsed the Federal budget’s commitment to electrification and energy performance in social housing alongside new incentives for build-to-rent projects, but warned there is still a way to go to tackle the mammoth challenge.
Community Housing Industry Association chief executive officer Wendy Hayhurst said: “Rising rents are hitting household budgets hard. While the federal budget doesn’t tackle the crisis completely, it does pave a path forward to fix it,” Ms Hayhurst said.
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