Labor says build-to-rent changes will turbocharge apartment construction. The Coalition says it just kicks the problem along. Get ready for one of the big election battles.
The common room of a build-to-rent apartment building in Melbourne. Build-to-rent could help deliver 80,000 new homes within a decade. Jason South
If this was a landmark shift in Australia’s housing crisis, it was one most voters could be forgiven for missing altogether.
In a marathon final sitting week for federal parliament before the summer break, Labor passed long-delayed changes to tax arrangements designed to turbocharge the fledgling build-to-rent industry.
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