26th Nov 2024, 1:12 PM – Senate Help to Buy Bill 2023, Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Prioritise certain groups

The majority voted against an amendment introduced by Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe (Independent), which means they failed. The amendments would have prioritised people with disability, First Nations people and older women.

Amendment text

(1) Clause 24, page 16 (after line 27), at the end of the clause, add:

(5) The first instrument made under subsection (1) must include a direction about the matter covered by subsection 25(2A).

Note: The instrument may also include directions about other matters.

(2) Clause 25, page 17 (after line 21), after subclause (2), insert:

Priority Help to Buy arrangements

(2A) The matter covered by this subsection is the prioritisation by Housing Australia of Help to Buy arrangements that are for the benefit of persons who are one or more of the following:

(a) a person with disability;

(b) a First Nations person;

(c) an older woman;

so that the following occurs:

(d) 10% of Help to Buy arrangements entered into (not including the arrangements covered by paragraph (e) or (f)) are for the benefit of persons with disability;

(e) 10% of Help to Buy arrangements entered into (not including the arrangements covered by paragraph (d) or (f)) are for the benefit of First Nations persons;

(f) 10% of Help to Buy arrangements entered into (not including the arrangements covered by paragraph (d) or (e)) are for the benefit of older women.

(2B) A direction about the matter covered by subsection (2A) must set out the criteria for prioritising Help to Buy arrangements as outlined in that subsection.