Greens Flex Power to Reach Deal With Labor on Housing Affordability Bill

A welder works on the roof of a new house construction in Karratha. Australia, on June 17, 2008. Greg Wood/AFP via Getty Images

The federal government has agreed to spend an additional $1 billion on public and community housing as part of a deal to secure the Greens’ support for the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) Bill.

The funding will be distributed through the National Housing and Investment Finance Corporation.