The Community Housing Industry Association and Real Estate Institute of Australia are calling
on the Federal Parliament to support Senator David Pocock and Kylea Tink’s Housing and
Homelessness Plan Bill.

The bill would enshrine in legislation the requirement for the Federal Government to produce a
national housing and homelessness plan.

The peak bodies said the legislation is needed to ensure a national housing and homelessness
plan remains in place over multiple election cycles.

“Fixing Australia’s housing crisis absolutely requires a concerted, strategic and nationally led
approach,” said CHIA CEO Wendy Hayhurst.

“Transforming the housing market will take many years and the institutions that support this
need to survive beyond the current electoral cycle. We must ensure that national leadership
remains in place for years to come.”

REIA interim CEO Maria Edwards said national coordination is an essential step towards fixing
the housing crisis.

“Currently, the fragmentation of responsibilities across multiple government portfolios is causing
inefficiency and delay.

“This bill presents the chance to centralise efforts under one well-resourced entity to ensure a
coordinated, streamlined approach to addressing both the immediate housing crisis and
longer-term needs.”

Wendy Hayhurst and Maria Edwards provided evidence regarding the bill to the Senate
Economics Legislation committee on Tuesday.

Full media release here