Abundant Housing Network Australia

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"Years ago, there's a development in Marrickville right on the station called Revolution Apartments. It's in the old Marrickville RSL site. And I had a group of people come to see me, and they were totally hostile to the development. And I said to them, 'what better location is there for medium density?' I think it's probably six or seven stories high, and they got additional apartments allowed by having some affordable housing development in there. Importantly, they don't need a car space for every flat, because it's right on Marrickville station." - Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia
AHNA welcomes the addition of housing construction workers to the core skills visa list, a necessary part of building the 1.2 million well-located homes our country desperately needs. We have been calling for this change since our September 2023 letter to Minister O'Neil, and are pleased to see the government finally take action, and actually treat this crisis like a crisis.
First 10 recommendations from our submission to the Senate Economics Committee’s inquiry into National Housing and Homelessness Bill 2024 (No. 2)
National Urban Policy - Commonwealth must now work to guide and incentivise states
Inquiry into the worsening rental crisis
Letter to Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Defence Minister and Finance Minister, "Repurposing Defence land for public housing", outlining AHNA's plans to make it easier to use Defence land for homes
Letter to Clare O'Neil MP - "Solving the housing crisis needs skilled migrants" - describes AHNA's concerns about the government's decision to exclude skilled tradespeople from a visa fast-track scheme