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States to share in $2b for public housing

Tom McIlroy

State and territory governments will share in $2 billion of new funding for public housing, as federal Labor faces mounting pressure over its stalled plan to build 30,000 additional homes.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will use a speech to the Victorian Labor conference on Saturday to announce a new social housing accelerator plan, with the cash to flow to the states within two weeks.

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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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