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Home Parliamentary Business Committees Senate Committees Senate Standing Committees on Economics Help to Buy Bill 2023 and the Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 [Provisions] Help to Buy Bill 2023 and the Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 [Provisions]

Help to Buy Bill 2023 and the Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 [Provisions]

REPORT - April 2024

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Contents

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Chapter 1 - Introduction and background
  • Referral
  • Purpose of the bills
  • Background
  • Key provisions of the bills
  • Legislative Scrutiny
  • Human rights implications
  • Financial impact
  • Regulatory impact
  • Conduct of the inquiry
  • Acknowledgements
  • Report structure
Chapter 2 - Key issues and committee view
  • Introduction
  • Views on the establishment of Help to Buy
  • Views on shared equity programs
  • Suggestions on the design of Help to Buy
  • Committee view
  • The state of home ownership in Australia
  • A ‘very small solution’ for a national crisis
  • Concerns with the Help to Buy Bills
  • Adequacy of the scheme and inflationary effects
  • Eligibility to the scheme
  • Alternative responses
  • Conclusion
  • Overview
  • Specifying Help to Buy scheme purpose
  • Strengthening program evaluation requirements
  • Considerations relevant in informing decisions on program scale
Appendix 1 - Submissions and additional information
Appendix 2 - Public hearings
In this section
  • About this inquiry

    An inquiry into the bills of Help to Buy Bill 2023 & Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023. 

  • Chapters
    • Chapter 1 - Introduction and background
    • Chapter 2 - Key issues and committee view
  • Other information
    • Members
    • Abbreviations
    • Coalition Senators' Dissenting Report
    • Greens Senators' Dissenting Report
    • Senator David Pocock's Additional Comments
    • Appendix 1 - Submissions and additional information
    • Appendix 2 - Public hearings
Full Report (PDF)
14 Submissions
1 Public hearings
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