Page 1979 - Week 07 - Thursday, 13 August 2020
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MS BERRY (Ginninderra—Deputy Chief Minister, Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development, Minister for Housing and Suburban Development, Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Minister for Sport and Recreation and Minister for Women) (3.49): The government will not be supporting Mr Coe’s motion in its current form, and I move the amendment that has been circulated in my name:
Omit all words after “That this Assembly”, substitute:
“(1) notes that:
(a) over this term of the Assembly, the ACT Government has implemented a range of measures to support Canberrans to buy their first home in Canberra:
(i) introduced a 15 percent affordable housing target to set aside land for affordable, community and public housing;
(ii) reviewed the affordable home purchase scheme to require affordable properties built under the scheme to be offered to eligible Canberrans at set price points;
(iii) is reducing stamp duty to lower the upfront costs of buying a home and removing stamp duty for eligible first home buyers; and
(iv) is releasing land focusing on infill development to protect our natural environment, parks and reserves from future development; and
(b) during the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic circumstances, the Government has implemented a range of further urgent measures to support Canberra homeowners, including:
(i) a 0 percent average residential rates increase this financial year and providing a $150 rebate to the fixed charge component of all 2020-21 rates bills;
(ii) scrapping stamp duty on new single residential blocks for owner-occupiers, as well as off-the-plan apartment and townhouse purchases of up to $500 000, until July next year; and
(iii) reducing stamp duty on off-the-plan apartment and townhouse purchases by owner-occupiers between $500 000 and $750 000 by $11 400 over the same period;
(2) further notes that:
(a) on 26 November 2019, the ACT Housing Strategy Year One Report Card was tabled in the Legislative Assembly to update on the progress of the Strategy and Implementation Plan;
(b) the ACT Government has a strong program of investment in public and community housing;
(c) on a per capita basis, the ACT invests more in public housing growth and renewal than any other jurisdiction, with $1 billion over the 10 years from 2015;
(d) the current public housing growth and renewal program has been extended and will now add at least 260 new homes to the public housing portfolio and renew at least 1000 homes over six years;
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