{"id":29452,"date":"2024-10-04T11:08:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T11:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=29452"},"modified":"2024-10-04T11:08:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T11:08:18","slug":"act-labor-sends-clear-message-if-you-want-action-on-the-housing-crisis-vote-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/10\/04\/act-labor-sends-clear-message-if-you-want-action-on-the-housing-crisis-vote-greens\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT Labor sends clear message: if you want action on the housing crisis, vote Greens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ACT Greens have described ACT Labor\u2019s public housing proposal as underwhelming and disappointing, saying it falls far short of the bold, transformative action voters are demanding to fix the housing crisis in this election.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn a market that is squeezing every last cent out of Canberrans and putting a reasonably priced home more and more out of reach, we urgently need to ramp up public housing construction to give many Canberrans rents they can actually afford,\u201d said Deputy Leader of the ACT Greens, Rebecca Vassarotti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut unfortunately, today\u2019s announcement from ACT Labor lacks the ambition and the vision to make meaningful and practical change for Canberrans in an area that many Canberrans have flagged as their highest priority in this election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy leaving the bulk of their housing strategy to the market, ACT Labor\u2019s will leave many Canberrans stuck with astronomical mortgage repayments and incredibly high rents for decades to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven worse, even with the current public housing waiting list, this plan will leave over 2000 people still without a safe place to call home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe question Canberrans have to ask themselves is, are we really willing to vote for a future where the investor-first housing market continues unchecked? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre we really willing to vote for a future where over 2,000 Canberrans remain homeless, while we fail to take action in one of the wealthiest cities in the country?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis election, it’s time to demand real solutions. We need to see commitment to addressing the issue with urgency and conviction. When you scratch below the surface on this one, its limitations are quickly exposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBuilding public homes that people can actually afford is one of the only levers the ACT Government has to make a real difference in this housing crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The ACT Greens have a bold and ambitious plan to build 10,000 new public homes people can actually afford over the next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause these homes will be built by the government, Canberrans will be sheltered from the investors\u2019 market set up by the Federal Labor and Liberal parties, instead having a stable rent that doesn\u2019t break the bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur plan is fully costed and modelled to show that the ACT Government can deliver on this level of ambition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe message to Canberrans is clear, if you want meaningful action on the housing crisis, the only option this election is to vote Greens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis kind of change is absolutely possible, all you have to do is vote for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our full plan to build public housing is available on the ACT Greens website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ACT Greens have described ACT Labor\u2019s public housing proposal as underwhelming and disappointing, saying it falls far short of the bold, transformative action voters are demanding to fix the housing crisis in this election. \u201cIn a market that is squeezing every last cent out of Canberrans and putting a reasonably priced home more and … Continue reading “ACT Labor sends clear message: if you want action on the housing crisis, vote Greens”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29453,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29452\/revisions\/29453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}