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Social housing was one hell of a missed budget opportunity, but there's time

  • Written by Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
Social housing was one hell of a missed budget opportunity, but there's timeYuttana Contributor Studio/Shutterstock

Tonight Labor will deliver its alternative budget and promise that if it was in government it would be investing A$500 million in fast-tracking repairs to social housing, and urging state governments to match it dollar for dollar.

The federal budget itself, delivered on Tuesday, offered nothing extra for...

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