MEDIA RELEASE

Inquiry into Housing and Rental Affordability –

report tabled

The Standing Committee on Economy and Gender and Economic Equality today tabled the Committee’s report on its Inquiry into Housing and Rental Affordability.

The Committee’s report made four recommendations and one finding.

The Chair, Ms Leanne Castley MLA, said: ‘The Committee examined the impacts of residential and commercial property vacancies on rental and property prices in the ACT.’

The Committee’s report is available on the Assembly’s webpage at: https://www.parliament.act.gov.au/parliamentary-business/in-committees/recent-reports

Under the Assembly’s standing orders, the ACT Government is required to respond to committee reports within four months of tabling.

For more information contact: Committee Secretariat on (02) 620 50445

Statement Ends - Tuesday, 27 June 2023