{"id":30583,"date":"2024-12-12T05:15:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T05:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=30583"},"modified":"2024-12-12T05:15:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T05:15:42","slug":"greens-launch-legislation-to-enshrine-housing-as-a-human-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/greens-launch-legislation-to-enshrine-housing-as-a-human-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens launch legislation to enshrine housing as a human right"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today the ACT Greens have launched draft legislation to enshrine housing as a human right, alongside a discussion paper seeking community feedback.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike education or healthcare, affordable housing is an essential service and key to living a life with dignity. From childhood through to adulthood, housing provides the basis for stability in all aspects of our lives,\u201d said Leader of the ACT Greens, Shane Rattenbury. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor too long, politicians across the nation have treated the government\u2019s role in the housing market as providing for private profit, rather than safeguarding our community from the skyrocketing cost of finding and keeping a home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow more than ever, in the middle of the most urgent housing crisis in living memory, we need to think about housing differently.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to set the groundwork for a complete rethink of the government\u2019s role in the housing market, providing a starting point for deeper, more ambitious discussions about how the government can provide truly affordable homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis legislation put forward by the Greens\u2019 reflects a practical way we can focus the priorities of the government, ensuring that the government properly considers housing affordability in decision making. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis means that when legislation is introduced in the Assembly, the government will need to consider the human right to housing, which includes the impact on security of tenure for Canberrans, affordability, services like water and electricity, accessibility, location and cultural adequacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is my hope this legislation will start a conversation both within and outside the government about the level of change that is needed to prioritise building homes for people over the private profit of property investors and companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis could include greater focus on market interventions or broader provision of publicly owned housing to boost the rental market with affordable places to live, we\u2019re open to all sorts of ideas from the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019ve launched a discussion paper alongside this new legislation to ensure there is a real grassroots movement behind this call for change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCanberrans who want to have their say can submit their feedback by getting in touch with my office. These submissions will inform the future of Greens action on enshrining housing a human right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about the draft legislation and discussion paper, visit the ACT Greens website. Consultation for the draft legislation will close on Friday the 28th of February 2025 and is welcome from everyone in the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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