Division Description Changes — Motions — Housing Affordability — 13th Feb 2017

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representatives vote 2017-02-13#3 Edited by mackay staff on 2019-05-31 11:10:49	Title ~~Motions — Housing Affordability~~ Motions - Housing Affordability - Let a vote happen Description <p class="motion-notice motion-notice-notext">No motion text available</p> The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2017-02-13.25.2) introduced by McMahon MP [Chris Bowen](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/mcmahon/chris_bowen) (Labor), which means it failed. ### Motion text > That so much of the [standing orders](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/standing-orders.html) be suspended as would prevent the Member for McMahon from moving the following motion forthwith— > > That the House: > > (1) notes that: > >> (a) ordinary Australians are being locked out of the housing market, with only one in seven homes in Australia now purchased by first home buyers; >> *>> (b) the na*tional housing affordability crisis has worsened over the last year with house prices increasing by 16 per cent in Sydney and 12 per cent in Melbourne; >> >> (c) the Prime Minister has worsened the housing affordability crisis by: >> >>> (i) failing to appoint a Minister for Housing; >>> >>> (ii) abolishing the National Housing Supply Council; >>> >>> (iii) shutting down the National Rental Affordability Scheme; >>> >>> (iv) cutting funding for homelessness services; and >>> >>> (v) refusing to reform Australia’s generous tax concessions that favour property investors over first home buyers; and >> >> (d) today is the one-year anniversary of Labor’s plan to improve housing affordability by reforming negative gearing and capital gains tax – reforms which have been criticised by the Government despite the fact the Treasurer has previously argued there were “excesses” in negative gearing; and > > (2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to act on housing affordability by adopting Labor’s plan to reform negative gearing and capital gains tax.

<p class="motion-notice motion-notice-notext">No motion text available</p>
The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2017-02-13.25.2) introduced by McMahon MP [Chris Bowen](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/mcmahon/chris_bowen) (Labor), which means it failed.
### Motion text
> *That so much of the [standing orders](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/standing-orders.html) be suspended as would prevent the Member for McMahon from moving the following motion forthwith—*
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> *That the House:*
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> *(1) notes that:*
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>> *(a) ordinary Australians are being locked out of the housing market, with only one in seven homes in Australia now purchased by first home buyers;*
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>> *(b) the national housing affordability crisis has worsened over the last year with house prices increasing by 16 per cent in Sydney and 12 per cent in Melbourne;*
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>> *(c) the Prime Minister has worsened the housing affordability crisis by:*
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>>> *(i) failing to appoint a Minister for Housing;*
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>>> *(ii) abolishing the National Housing Supply Council;*
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>>> *(iii) shutting down the National Rental Affordability Scheme;*
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>>> *(iv) cutting funding for homelessness services; and*
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>>> *(v) refusing to reform Australia’s generous tax concessions that favour property investors over first home buyers; and*
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>> *(d) today is the one-year anniversary of Labor’s plan to improve housing affordability by reforming negative gearing and capital gains tax – reforms which have been criticised by the Government despite the fact the Treasurer has previously argued there were “excesses” in negative gearing; and*
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> *(2) therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to act on housing affordability by adopting Labor’s plan to reform negative gearing and capital gains tax.*