Thursday, 2 May 2024

Constituency questions

Eastern Victoria Region

Tom McINTOSH (Eastern Victoria) (12:42): (826) My question is for the Minister for Consumer Affairs in the other place. Renters face unique challenges, including lack of control over their costs, certainty of tenure, maintenance issues, disputes with landlords and energy efficiency. The Victorian government’s recent housing statement represents the biggest set of housing reforms in decades. We know that the best thing we can do to make rental properties more affordable is to build more of them. That is why 80,000 homes a year will be built over the next 10 years in addition to significant reforms to renting, building on the 130 rental reforms already made by this government. Renting must remain an option for affordable and adequate housing so that Victorians can live near where they work and access services and so that people who cannot or do not want to purchase a home of their own have the same access to the fundamental human need for safe and secure shelter. Minister, what is the government doing to support the thousands of renters in Eastern Victoria?