{"id":33743,"date":"2025-07-17T21:13:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=33743"},"modified":"2025-07-17T21:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:13:34","slug":"greens-say-housing-approval-numbers-underscore-need-for-government-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/greens-say-housing-approval-numbers-underscore-need-for-government-developer\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens say housing approval numbers underscore need for government developer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>This morning\u2019s reporting that housing approvals have reached an all-time low underscores the urgent need for a government-owned housing developer, says ACT Greens Leader Shane Rattenbury.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A draft report from Pegasus Economics has identified workforce shortages as the greatest barrier to meeting the government\u2019s target of building 30,000 homes over the next decade\u2014none of which are currently price-capped or guaranteed to be affordable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quotes attributable to Leader of the ACT Greens, Shane Rattenbury:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the government is serious about building affordable housing in Canberra\u2014and I stress affordable\u2014then it should be leading the charge by hiring and retaining its own workforce to build it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRelying solely on the same private market that caused the housing crisis to fix the housing crisis is a recipe for disaster. This is the same sector that drove prices up in the first place\u2013and now we\u2019re kidding ourselves that they\u2019ll fix it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe government\u2019s goal to build 30,000 new homes is certainly commendable, but without a plan to retain a workforce and ensure those homes are actually affordable to someone on minimum wage, it\u2019s really a drop in the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDuring the election, the Greens commissioned independent modelling that showed how a government developer can help us avoid tradie shortages while providing housing at prices everyday people can actually afford\u2014by offering steady, secure work through a consistent pipeline of public builds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning\u2019s reporting that housing approvals have reached an all-time low underscores the urgent need for a government-owned housing developer, says ACT Greens Leader Shane Rattenbury. A draft report from Pegasus Economics has identified workforce shortages as the greatest barrier to meeting the government\u2019s target of building 30,000 homes over the next decade\u2014none of which &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/greens-say-housing-approval-numbers-underscore-need-for-government-developer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Greens say housing approval numbers underscore need for government developer&#8221;<\/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-33743","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\/33743","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=33743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33744,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33743\/revisions\/33744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}