AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Everyone deserves a safe, secure, and affordable place to call home. 

But across Curtin and Australia, too many people are struggling - young professionals who can’t imagine owning a home, families facing rising rents, and older Australians worried about housing stability. Housing is a human right, not just a product for investors. 

My Priorities

To make housing more accessible and affordable, I’m focused on: 

• Building more social and affordable housing  

• Attracting more workers to the housing construction sector 

• Slowing down infrastructure spending, which is competing with housing construction for skilled trades 

• Prioritising skilled migrants in construction trades – to help build homes faster. 

• Improvements to construction sector productivity. 

• Reviewing negative gearing and capital gains tax – to level the playing field for first-home buyers. 

• Greater protections for renters. 

Delivered

As your Curtin Independent MP, I’m proud to have helped deliver results for our community. 

I have voted to support legislation that has delivered: 

• Build to Rent incentives 

• Housing Affordability Future Fund 

• Help to Buy 

Advocated

My Curtin Housing Policy identifies 15 ways to address our housing challenges.  It was developed after multiple community surveys, meetings with experts and two community forums on housing, bringing together renters, homeowners, and mortgage holders to identify the most urgent issues and practical solutions.   

I have shared these community-driven ideas with the Federal Minister for Housing and continue to advocate for coordinated action across all levels of government. 

My Good Infill forum explored how medium-density housing can help, emphasizing the need for livable, green, walkable communities. A recurring theme was the need for better coordination across all levels of government.