Victoria has a housing crisis.
Rents are skyrocketing and many people are being pushed into housing stress or homelessness. More Victorians are also locked out of ever owning a home of their own.
- Freeze on rent increases for 2 years, followed by a permanent cap on rent increases
- Make developers build their fair share, through guaranteed amounts of new public and affordable homes in all new developments
- Build 100,00 new public homes with a public builder
- Regulate Airbnbs to make more homes available
Because everyone should have a safe, secure and affordable home.
OUR PLAN
MAKE RENTING FAIR
Freeze and cap rents to stop unlimited rent increases and make more homes available by regulating airbnbs and properly enforcing the taxing of vacant homes. Our plan also includes introducing new rental standards for energy efficiency and cooling, to keep renters warm in winter and cool in summer.
BIG BUILD OF PUBLIC HOMES
Build 100,000 new public homes with a public builder. This will boost supply and help solve the developer-led construction slowdown. More public homes means fewer people pushed into homelessness and fewer people competing in the rental market.
MAKE BIG DEVELOPERS BUILD THEIR FAIR SHARE
Our housing system currently maximises profit for property developers and investors, instead of creating affordable homes for people. Our plan will ensure property developers build their fair share, with guaranteed amounts of public and affordable homes in all new developments, through inclusionary zoning. This will boost supply of homes that people can genuinely afford.
END HOMELESSNESS BY 2030
The best way to end homelessness is to provide enough homes that everyone can afford. We can do this by building 100,000 new public homes over the decade, and by making developers build their fair share of more public and affordable homes through inclusionary zoning. Plus guaranteed funding for homelessness services and funding for specialised housing for high-risk and vulnerable groups.
LABOR AND THE LIBERALS take donations from big property developers. The Greens don't.
Victorian Labor scrapped its plan to make property developers pay for more affordable housing – caving to pressure from the industry – and has sold off public housing to developers.
If Labor continues to maximise profits for property developers and investors – instead of creating affordable homes for people – the housing crisis will get worse.
The Greens will always put people first. We will push to make housing affordable and end the special treatment for property developers.