Albanese: ‘I’m Not Sure Who the Greens Think Builds Houses’

Despite the Greens’ call for a counteroffer to resolve the housing crisis, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese remains unwilling to amend the government’s proposed housing bills. Labor has been trying to pass two bills—Help to Buy and Build to Rent—but has failed to receive the support of the Greens and Coalition. The Help to Buy Bill proposes a shared equity scheme to help low-income individuals and families enter the housing market. The government would pay up to 30 percent of the purchase price for existing homes and 40 percent for new homes. Albanese questioned the rationale behind the Greens’ opposition to the proposed bills, saying, “The Greens’ position is that they’re blocking the build-to-rent scheme because if you have medium-density housing built, it’ll be built by developers.”...