Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00080:section:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00080
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 9 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 5395–8391

9  Functions
 (1) The National Housing Supply and Affordability Council has the following functions:
 (a) to report to the Minister on the following:
 (i) any matters that the Council considers have the potential to materially impact housing supply and affordability;
 (ii) specific matters relating to housing supply and affordability, as requested by the Minister;
 (b) to advise the Minister, as requested, on the following:
 (i) matters relating to housing supply and affordability being considered at intergovernmental forums involving the Commonwealth;
 (ii) specific matters relating to housing supply and affordability;
 (c) to advise the Minister in relation to the total amount of grants of financial assistance to be made under subsections 18(1) and (3) of the Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023 in a financial year;
 (d) to advise the Minister in relation to the total amount of payments to be made under paragraph 47C(1)(b) of the Housing Australia Act 2018 to Housing Australia in a financial year;
 (e) to undertake research on matters relating to housing supply and affordability for the purposes of giving reports referred to in paragraph (a) or advice referred to in paragraphs (b) to (d), including by:
 (i) monitoring conditions in the housing system that impact housing supply and affordability, including in relation to home ownership, rental affordability, homelessness and the number of new social and affordable houses being built annually; and
 (ii) working collaboratively with other Commonwealth bodies, State, Territory and local governments and other stakeholders in the housing system or homelessness sector to support the collection and publication of nationally consistent data on housing supply and affordability and on demand for affordable housing;
 (f) any other function conferred by this Act or any other law of the Commonwealth;
 (g) any other function that is incidental or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions.
 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Council may consider the following matters when performing its functions:
 (a) the performance of the housing system;
 (b) the need to build a strong evidence base to support advice on housing supply and affordability matters, including for the purposes of assessing the value for taxpayers of Commonwealth, State, Territory and local government investment in the housing system;
 (c) the impacts of the following on housing supply and affordability and on the demand for affordable housing:
 (i) credit conditions;
 (ii) taxation;
 (iii) macro‑prudential regulation;
 (iv) rental market regulation;
 (v) other regulation of the housing system, such as in relation to land use, planning, zoning and building codes;
 (vi) climate change;
 (vii) demographic change;
 (viii) socio‑economic factors;
 (ix) geographical location;
 (d) the availability, quality and consistency of data on housing supply and affordability and on demand for affordable housing and how the data could