2025-07-09
VANESSA BLEYER | Lead Candidate for Braddon
Liberal and Labor politicians are focussed on building a billion-dollar stadium and protecting corporate profits instead of building the homes Tasmanians need. But the Greens understand real action on the housing crisis should be a top priority for the government, which is why we're announcing our plan to build 200 public and social homes each year.
Trying to find an affordable place to live has become a nightmare. There’s more people waiting for public housing than ever before, rents keep rising, and homelessness is growing faster than anywhere in the nation. Tasmanians are struggling in the cost of living and housing crisis.
It didn’t used to be so bad, but for years the Liberals haven’t built enough public and social housing. And now Liberal and Labor politicians want to build a billion-dollar stadium in Hobart instead of building homes. It's not OK - Tasmanians needs a government that puts them first.
Every Tasmanian deserves to have an affordable, secure place to call home. That's why the Greens have a plan to stop the stadium and make big corporations pay their fair share - so we can improve the budget while also funding areas of critical need, like investing $100 million into building an additional 200 public and social homes a year.
This is a big investment, but we’ve shown with policies costed by Treasury that if the government has the right priorities, it can afford to address Tasmanian’s needs at the same time as bringing down the state's debt. Building homes is also a critical investment in the future that will support hundreds of jobs across the state, and has huge social and economic benefits.
This announcement, and all of our spending throughout the campaign, has been significantly outweighed by the savings measures we’ve put forward. We’ve already announced $1.2 billion in savings and new revenue this campaign, by making corporations pay their fair share and ending subsidies for vested interests. And that’s not including the massive savings that will come from not building a stadium, or other measures we will announce soon.
With a new government and the Greens in the balance of power, we’ll fight to stop the stadium and invest in the public and social housing Tasmanian’s need instead. Ensuring Tasmanians have affordable housing should be the top priority of the government – not a billion-dollar stadium.