Unions Push for Big Increase in Public Housing

Unions push for big increase in public housing

After securing a win on negative gearing and capital gains tax, the union movement has identified the next phase of its housing fight.

Give renters a break: Two-year leases plan to protect from ‘gouging’ landlords

The ACTU was a key supporter of the May budget’s property tax changes. Now it’s setting its sights on renters’ rights and public housing.

Unions push for renters to be guaranteed two-year lease

The ACTU wants all renters to have access to a two-year lease, and says the government should turn to modular buildings to significantly increase public housing stock.

Unions demand two-year leases as renters fight back - The Indian Sun

Australian landlords would be expected to offer tenants two-year leases as the standard rental arrangement under a union push for stronger renter protections and a fivefold increase in the rate of public housing construction. The ACTU will take the proposals to the federal government on Wednesday, calling for National Cabinet to expand its existing national agreement on renters’ rights and require landlords to offer at least two years of housing…

ACTU calls for two-year rental leases, public housing boost

Standard rental leases would be doubled to two years and public housing construction lifted to a 40-year-high of one in every 10 new homes, under a new push by unions to alleviate the housing crisis. Source: The Australian.