Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Higgins for her advocacy for renters in her community in particular and also for the question. Today we passed the biggest single investment in social and affordable housing in more than a decade. I pay tribute to this Prime Minister and this housing minister. I thank the crossbenchers for their support as well.

Not everybody in this parliament voted for the Housing Australian Future Fund, and the Hansard will record forever that the Liberals and the Nationals voted for fewer homes, more homelessness and higher rent. The parliament did something really important today and we have every right to be really proud of it, because the progress that we made today means that more people will have roofs over their heads. The $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund—

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