Tuesday, 3 March 2026

 Bridget VALLENCE (Evelyn) (13:48): Young people I chat with across my community aspire to own their own home, but the sad reality is that it is becoming extremely hard and housing affordability feels out of reach for so many as a result of government decisions causing a lack of housing supply and high property taxes. Under Labor, Victoria has the highest property taxes in the country, and fewer homes are being built now than a decade ago, meaning higher prices, higher rents and less choice. While interest rates are going up, the Allan Labor government is failing to meet its own target of building 80,000 new homes every year to make housing more affordable. Victoria needs a fresh start and a commonsense solution to deliver new homes and housing affordability.

So, together with Victorian Liberal leader Jess Wilson, our team has a plan to deliver more homes, more choice and greater housing affordability for all Victorians, a new plan to restore the dream of home ownership that I know so many in my community aspire to. To improve housing affordability we will release more land and fast-track homes in existing growth areas, rejuvenate Melbourne’s CBD as an exciting and safe place to live and work, restore local voice in planning to ensure communities have their say in future local neighbourhoods, and build more new homes in regional centres. The Victorian Liberals have a comprehensive plan to grow all of our state, providing Victorians with choice as to where and how to live. We want to give every Victorian the best opportunity to own their own home, restoring the dream of home ownership.