Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability in Australia
Information about the Inquiry
Call for submissions
On 14 February 2008 the Senate established a Select Committee on Housing Affordability to inquire into and report on the barriers to home ownership in Australia, including:
- the taxes and levies imposed by state and territory governments;
- the rate of release of new land by state and territory governments;
- proposed assistance for first home owners by state, territory and the Commonwealth governments and their effectiveness in the absence of increased supply;
- the role of all levels of government in facilitating affordable home ownership;
- the effect on the market of government intervention in the housing sector including planning and industrial relations laws;
- the role of financial institutions in home lending; and
- the contribution of home ownership to retirement incomes.
The Committee is to report to the Senate by 16 June 2008.
The Committee welcomes submissions. The deadline for lodging submissions is 31 March 2008.
The Committee intends to hold public hearings of the inquiry in each state and territory. Organisations or individuals who would like to speak to the Committee at a hearing are asked to contact the secretariat to express their interest as soon as possible and at the latest by 17 March.
Submissions are confidential until the Committee releases them. The Committee will normally make submissions public unless there is a request for confidentiality. If you would like a submission or part of it to be kept confidential please say so clearly in the submission. If you have concerns about confidentiality you are encouraged to discuss this with the committee secretary before lodging the submission.
Submissions should be sent by email to housing.sen@aph.gov.au or by post to:
John Hawkins
Committee Secretary
Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability in Australia
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
More information about making submissions to Senate committees is at
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm
More information about this Committee is at
http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/hsaf_ctte/index.htm
For more information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability in Australia
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
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