A generation of Victorian families has been quietly locked out of home ownership while both major parties argue about density targets. Jane Foreman has a simpler answer: more land, less red tape, lower costs.
There was a time — not so long ago — when an ordinary Victorian family on an ordinary wage could save a deposit, buy a home, pay it off over twenty years, and build a life. That time is over. Home ownership in Melbourne has gone from an achievable goal for ordinary working families to a privilege for the wealthy — in a single generation. Young couples who do everything right are still locked out. And the Allan government's answer is more bureaucracy, more planning overlays, and a Suburban Rail Loop that benefits nobody currently priced out of the market.
"I grew up in a family where owning your home was just what you did — it was the foundation of everything else. Security for your kids. A stake in your community. Something to pass on. I don't want that to be a memory. I want it to be Victoria's future again. And that's exactly what Family First is fighting for."
The policy solution is not complicated. Family First will:
- Release more land on the urban fringe.
- Cut the green and red tape that adds months and tens of thousands of dollars to every new build.
- Reduce government-imposed levies and charges that are baked into every new home's price tag before a single brick is laid.
The Allan government is treating housing as a revenue source, doubling down on high-density urban consolidation — an approach that pleases inner-city planners and apartment developers but has conspicuously failed to produce affordable housing for the families who need it most..
"More land. Less red tape. Lower costs. This is not rocket science — it is political will. And Family First has it."
"The Allan government has made home ownership a privilege for the wealthy and condemned young families on ordinary incomes to rent forever. Family First will fight to change that — because every Victorian family deserves a home they can call their own."
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