The Greens are being chastised for their failure to support one of Labor’s key legislative policies, the Housing Affordability Future Fund (HAFF), after the government rejected their demand of a country-wide rental freeze, with the Prime Minister calling them difficult.
This is despite the announcement the government would make key changes to the bill that would address the concerns raised by the Senate crossbenchers, including dumping the Greens party’s major concern over the $500 million ($338 million) cap for earnings distributed to housing. It will now guarantee that a minimum of $500 million per year will be used to generate new housing from 2024-25.
