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$10 Billion Housing Australia Future Fund

Gorkie
Crikey

The government’s Housing Australia Future Fund, first promised in a Budget reply by Anthony Albanese in May 2021, allocated $10 billion over five years to build 30,000 affordable homes. Gorkie illustrates how quickly a seemingly enormous sum can become a relatively modest investment when contrasted with current demand for housing and rolled out over a five-year period.

A piece of paper representing ten billion dollars is folded and cut into small pieces and thrown in the air as confetti.