Wednesday, 30 October 2024

Ministers statements: housing

Jacinta ALLAN (Bendigo East – Premier) (14:57): Big and important progress has been made in the past 12 months on building more homes for more Victorians to give them more opportunities. Victoria is on top of the ladder for approving, starting and finishing homes, more than any other state. Over 60,000 homes were built in Victoria over the past 12 months, 15,000 more than in New South Wales, and 18,000 more have been approved than in Queensland. We are also the only state or territory in the nation where housing affordability has improved. And we are going to keep this up. We are going to keep building for our future this year, next year and so on into the future because ours is a building government, unlike some who just want to block.

There may be some from Brighton who want to block anyone wanting to have the chance of finding a home close to the Brighton train station. But we are not going to let the blockers block. We will be working, for example, around the 50 activity centres to be able to build 300,000 more homes over the decades ahead for those young Victorians – homes exactly where you want them, close to public transport services and to schools upgraded by the Labor government so those future generations can benefit from that productive investment in infrastructure. I will not let those blockers opposite stop those future generations from having the chance that we have had of having the dignity of finding their own home to build their long-term wealth. The blockers may have a different view, and they may well explain that to the community. We are focused on building for the future of this state, getting on and supporting younger Victorians to be able to have their dream of their own home.