Housing Australia Act 2018
3Object of this Act
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3 Object of this Act
The object of this Act is to establish Housing Australia to improve housing outcomes for Australians by: (a) strengthening efforts to increase the supply of housing; and (b) encouraging investment in housing (particularly in the social or affordable housing sector); and (c) providing finance or grants that complement, leverage or support Commonwealth, State or Territory activities relating to housing; and (d) contributing to the development of the scale, efficiency and effectiveness of the community housing sector in Australia; and (e) assisting earlier access to the housing market by first home buyers; and (f) assisting earlier access to the housing market by: (i) single parents with dependants; and (ii) legal guardians of children where the legal guardian is single; and (g) assisting earlier access to the housing market by individuals who have not held an ownership interest in real property in Australia in the last 10 years.