Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00857:section:3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00857
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3
Character Range: 5303–6278

3  Object of this Act
  The object of this Act is to establish Housing Australia to improve housing outcomes for Australians by:
 (a) strengthening efforts to increase the supply of housing; and
 (b) encouraging investment in housing (particularly in the social or affordable housing sector); and
 (c) providing finance or grants that complement, leverage or support Commonwealth, State or Territory activities relating to housing; and
 (d) contributing to the development of the scale, efficiency and effectiveness of the community housing sector in Australia; and
 (e) assisting earlier access to the housing market by first home buyers; and
 (f) assisting earlier access to the housing market by:
 (i) single parents with dependants; and
 (ii) legal guardians of children where the legal guardian is single; and
 (g) assisting earlier access to the housing market by individuals who have not held an ownership interest in real property in Australia in the last 10 years.