The return of the Albanese government offers a chance to build on housing progress, with millions of Australians expecting bolder action this term, according to Everybody's Home.
The national housing campaign said a Labor win shows that Australians have overwhelmingly rejected the Coalition's approach to Australia's housing crisis.
Everybody's Home now looks forward to working with the Labor government, urging them to implement:
A major expansion of social housing, aiming to deliver 940,000 new homes within the next two decades to meet demand
A phase out of unfair tax handouts to property investors that fuel property speculation
Nationally consistent protections for renters
A boost to income support to help keep people housed and out of poverty.
Everybody's Home spokesperson Maiy Azize said: "Everybody's Home joins the rest of the sector in congratulating the Labor government on its re-election. This victory offers an opportunity to build on the work the government has done in its first term, including on housing.
"Australians have rejected the Coalition's housing agenda, which offered policies that would make affordability worse. Raiding your superannuation to buy a home, allowing first-time buyers to deduct mortgage interest payments from their taxable income, and scrapping the Housing Australia Future Fund designed to build more social homes are clearly not vote winners.
"An overwhelming majority of Australians told us they want to see the next government step up and deliver policies that will shift the dial on the housing crisis and make homes more affordable for everyone. Labor must build on its initial progress with bold, ambitious, visionary housing reform that meets the scale of the housing crisis and voter expectations.
"Housing needs to be front and centre of Labor's priorities. Australians are buckling under crushing rental costs and a critical shortage of homes that are affordable. Mounting homelessness and housing stress demand urgent action—sticking with the status quo will only deepen the crisis.
"This term presents Labor with a defining opportunity: to change the lives of millions and cement a legacy of bold, lasting housing reform."
