{"id":"F2025L00708","name":"Federal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2023‑24) Determination 2025","slug":"federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2023-24-dete","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442855,"registerId":"F2025L00708-fast-fetch-1775957787951","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2023‑24) Determination 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: 250521_LI_TSY-47-1079_Federal_Financial_Relations_Housing_2025_FINAL\n---\n\n![Commonwealth coat of arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2023‑24) Determination 2025\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   18 June 2025\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\nPart 2—Determination of housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2023‑24\n\n5 Housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2023‑24\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2023‑24) Determination 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: Paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003 has the effect that expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 as in force from time to time.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nthe Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nPart 2—Determination of housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2023‑24\n\n5  Housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2023‑24\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 15C(2) of the Act, each item of the following table specifies an amount that is to be paid to the State specified in the item, for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance for the 2023‑24 financial year, for the purpose of expenditure in accordance with the primary housing agreement, and a supplementary housing agreement that relates to that financial year to which that State is a party:\n\n \n\n| Item | For this State: | The amount of financial assistance for the 2023‑24 financial year is: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $515,361,087.13 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $435,787,516.14 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $355,295,652.54 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $190,457,383.19 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $119,632,605.07 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $37,394,613.11 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $30,074,183.13 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $21,665,608.50 |\n|  | Total | $1,705,668,648.81 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the scope of the housing, homelessness or affordability programs; it only specifies the amounts to be paid to each State under subsection 15C(2) of the Federal Financial Relations Act for the 2023–24 financial year and requires expenditure in accordance with existing primary and supplementary housing agreements."},"complexity_factors":["Simple legal form: a statutory instrument listing fixed monetary amounts.","Cross-reference to one statutory provision (s15C(2) of the Federal Financial Relations Act) controls legal effect.","Precise dollar values with cents require exact accounting and reconciliation.","No new definitions, eligibility criteria, or procedural regimes included.","Limited administrative discretion in the instrument itself—implementation detail lies in primary/supplementary agreements.","Minimal commencement/technical clauses that rely on standard legislative machinery."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination fixes the exact Commonwealth grant amounts to each State for housing, homelessness and housing affordability for the 2023–24 year, specifying $1,705,668,648.81 in total. It is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act and sets the payments the Commonwealth must make.\n\nAffected parties are the Commonwealth (payer) and State governments (recipients); funds must be expended under the primary and supplementary housing agreements. Mechanically it only specifies payment amounts and does not itself change eligibility rules or program design."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Determination performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 — authorising specific grant payments to states for agreed purposes. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument — only 5 sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply refers to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009)","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a basic table with 8 rows","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the standard reference to the enabling Act","Straightforward administrative determination with no policy complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This short law authorises the Commonwealth to pay just over $1.7 billion to Australian states and territories for housing, homelessness services and affordability programs in 2023–24, allocating specified amounts to each jurisdiction. It affects state/territory governments and people who rely on public and supported housing, and matters because it’s the legal basis for making those transfers under the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2023-24-dete","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2023-24-dete/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2023-24-dete/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2023-24-dete/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2023-24-dete/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2023-24-dete/documents"}}