'Social housing as stimulus': Calls grow for governments to boost supply of homes

Harley Dennett
April 12 2021 - 4:30am
A survey found 84 per cent of economists felt social housing should have been in last year's federal budget. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
A survey found 84 per cent of economists felt social housing should have been in last year's federal budget. Picture: Elesa Kurtz

The federal government is being urged to make social housing a priority in the upcoming budget under a plan that would benefit women fleeing violence and increase job prospects for local economies.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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