Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity

On 4 November 2025, the Senate resolved that the Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity be established on 17 March 2026.

The committee is to present a final report by 30 September 2026.

Committee membership

Please note this inquiry has not yet commenced and the committee is not currently accepting submissions.

Further information will be published on this webpage once the committee is established.

Terms of Reference

That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity, be established, on 17 March 2026, to inquire into and report on:

  1. the extent and nature of intergenerational housing inequity in Australia across housing tenure types;
  2. consideration of the laws, policies, practices and services that have been most effective in reducing intergenerational housing inequity in Australia and overseas;
  3. the experience of intergenerational housing inequity on different population cohorts, including but not limited to socio-economic, gender, geographical location, disability, ethnicity and racial status;
  4. the causes of intergenerational housing inequity, including nature and rates of construction, rental policies and practices, tax settings, homelessness policies, lending rules, and public and social housing practices and investment;
  5. the factors that promote or impede action on significant housing reform;
  6. policy, legislative and other options for tackling intergenerational housing inequity and evening the playing field for current and future generations; and
  7. any related matters.