Green New Deal: 500,000 New Homes for Australia – Adam Bandt and Mehreen Faruqi
Our housing system is broken. Now is the right time for the government to fix the problem while keeping us away from the possibility of a recession.
500,000 houses. 40,000 jobs. 100% achievable.
Greens Leader Adam Bandt and Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Greens spokesperson for Housing have more.
Find out more about the policy at:
https://greensmps.org.au/articles/greens-launch-plan-mass-housing-construction-stave-recession
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TRANSCRIPT:
[ADAM] Right now across Australia people are feeling the pressure. People are feeling anxious because the basics of life, like housing are no longer guaranteed.
[MEHREEN] We are in the middle of a climate emergency and a long running inequality crisis.
[ADAM] We’ve got hundreds of thousands of people on the waiting list for public housing right across this country.
[MEHREEN] We know the number of people experiencing homelessness is growing. More and more people are in housing and rental stress.
[ADAM] and we’ve got young people unable to find meaningful work.
[MEHREEN] The situation is getting worse.
[ADAM] There’s a recession looming on the horizon, so we’ve got to stimulate the economy to invest where it matters. To make sure that everyone gets a roof over their head and that we create new jobs,
especially for young people, as we tackle the inequality crisis and tackle the economic crisis.
[MEHREEN] We need a Green New Deal.
[ADAM] The best way to do that is through a construction-lead recovery to build half a million new homes across Australia so that everyone can have a roof over their head.
[MEHREEN] The Greens will build 500,000 publicly owned homes in cities, towns, and regional areas over the next 15 years.
[ADAM] Not only are we going to tackle the housing crisis, not only are we going to tackle homelessness, but we’re going to create 44,000 jobs including 4,000 apprenticeships for young people to get their start in life, get a Trade and set themselves up for the future.
[MEHREEN] We will work towards making public housing available to everyone.
[ADAM] This is totally affordable. There’s never been a better time for Australia to borrow to invest in the infrastructure that we need. It makes economic sense, but also makes social sense because it tackles inequality
and it creates new jobs.
[MEHREEN] The Greens plan will give everyone the dignity of a secure and affordable home.
[ADAM] That’s what the Greeen New Deal is about: tackling the inequaliy crisis, tackling the housing crisis and creating decent jobs, especially for young people, as we make Australia more equal and stop us sliding into recession.
[MEHREEN] Housing is a human right. The Greens will make sure there is a home for all.
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