| Senate Economics Legislation Committee |
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| Abbreviations |
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| Executive summary |
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| Chapter 1 - Introduction |
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Conduct of inquiry
Submissions
Relevant reports and publications
Background
Structure of report
Acknowledgements
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| Chapter 2 - Overview of housing affordability in Australia |
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Defining and measuring housing affordability
Committee view
Does Australia have a housing affordability
problem?
Committee view
What are the implications of poor housing affordability?
Housing costs and risks to financial stability
Committee view
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| Chapter 3 - The drivers of housing affordability in Australia |
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An overview of supply-side and demand-side
considerations
Ensuring policy interventions responses are
effective
Committee view
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| Chapter 4 - A Commonwealth Housing Minister |
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A Housing Minister, not a Housing Welfare Minister
Committee view
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| Chapter 5 - Housing as intergovernmental policy: roles, responsibilities and accountability |
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Roles, responsibilities and the need for
intergovernmental coordination
State and territory spending on housing: accountability
and transparency
The institutional architecture of housing policy
The need for a national affordable housing plan
Committee view
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| Chapter 6 - The impact of state and local taxes, fees and charges on housing affordability |
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The burden of state and local taxes, fees and
charges on new housing stock
Stamp duty
State government land taxation
Committee view
Infrastructure charges on new housing developments
Committee view
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| Chapter 7 - Zoning, planning and approval processes |
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Planning systems and housing affordability
Land release and rezoning
Land release and challenges in outer suburban areas
Commonwealth land supply
Infill development and densification
Urban renewal and housing affordability
The Commonwealth's role in urban planning and development
'Nimbyism' and the delivery of new housing stock
Development assessment and approval processes
Committee view
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| Chapter 8 - Innovation and the building industry |
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Construction costs
Energy efficiency and housing affordability
Housing that is accessible, adaptable and
appropriate
Committee view
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| Chapter 9 - Commonwealth taxation settings |
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The tax treatment of investor housing
Committee view
Tax and the family home
Committee view
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| Chapter 10 - Housing finance, investor activity and macroprudential policy |
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Access to finance and the mortgage industry
Committee view
Owner-occupier mortgages and mortgage stress
Borrowing by housing investors and potential
macroprudential tools
Committee view
Limited recourse borrowing for property by SMSFs
Committee view
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| Chapter 11 - Home ownership |
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The benefits of home ownership
Home ownership trends in Australia
First Home Owner Grants (FHOGs)
First Home Saver Accounts
Access to superannuation for a home deposit
Shared equity schemes
Financing support, including HomeStart Finance
Indigenous home ownership
Committee view
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| Chapter 12 - Older people and home ownership |
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Home ownership as a form of wealth in retirement
Pension eligibility and home ownership
Downsizing, resizing, 'rightsizing'
Committee view
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| Chapter 13 - Affordable rental market |
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Supply of rental properties
Changing profile
Rental stress
Affordable and appropriate housing
Benefits of affordable, appropriate and secure housing
Security of tenure—solutions
Conclusion
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| Chapter 14 - Social Housing |
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Definitions
Statistics—social housing
Public housing
Incentives to remain in public housing
Conclusion
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| Chapter 15 - Community housing |
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Role of community housing sector
Growth of community housing sector
Transfer of public housing to community housing sector
Attributes of the community housing sector
Title transfer
Need for public housing
Conclusion
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| Chapter 16 - Particular housing needs |
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People with particular needs and the rental market
Older Australians in private rental
Older Australians and social housing
Alternate accommodation
Older single women
Women on low incomes and affordable housing
Domestic violence
Disability
Refugees and migrants
Essential service workers and long term residents of regions undergoing
rapid development
Conclusion
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| Chapter 17 - Indigenous Australians |
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Indigenous households
Trends of indigenous Australians in social housing
National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing
Culturally appropriate housing
Conclusion
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| Chapter 18 - Homelessness |
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Definition of homelessness
Statistics on homelessness
Social housing—supply side
Lived experiences of homeless people
Homelessness among Australians—the young and the old
Older Australians and homelessness
Keeping people housed
National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH)
Future of NPAH
Withdrawal of funding from Housing and Homelessness Program
Williams decision—implications for funding housing and homelessness
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| Chapter 19 - National Affordable Housing Agreement |
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Background
Criticism of NAHA
Areas for improvement
Government's response
Conclusion
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| Chapter 20 - National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) |
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NRAS objectives
Incentives
Support for NRAS
NRAS and the states
Specific concerns—international students and trading incentives
Conclusion
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| Chapter 21 - NRAS, review of housing and homelessness and the Federation White Paper |
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Government's view of NRAS
Proposed review
White Paper on Federation
Response to government announcements
Scope for improvement
Suggested improvements
Possible loss of charitable status
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| Chapter 22 - Commonwealth Rent Assistance |
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Eligibility for Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA)
Previous reviews
Effectiveness of CRA
Other forms of rental assistance
Income stream for community housing providers
Conclusion
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| Chapter 23 - Investment in affordable housing |
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Government sector
Not-for-profit sector
Private investment
Conclusion
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| Chapter 24 - Conclusion |
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National importance
National leadership
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| Dissenting Report by Government Senators |
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Comments on recommendations
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| Additional comments by Senator Nick Xenophon |
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| Additional Comments from the Australian Greens |
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| Appendix 1 - Submissions received |
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| Appendix 2 - Tabled documents |
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| Appendix 3 - Public hearings and witnesses |
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| Selected Bibliography |
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Parliamentary committee
reports
Government Response
Media releases,
statements and transcripts
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