Public housing for all: Greens pitch home building boost to offset coronavirus

Abstract

Giving everyone access to public housing regardless of income is part of a multi billion dollar construction program the Greens want introduced to help mitigate an economic downturn from the coronavirus outbreak.

The $27.9 billion housing trust would build 500,000 solar-powered homes over the next 15 years and would boost jobs, clear the waitlist of those needing housing and cause rents to fall in major capital cities, Greens leader Adam Bandt told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.