MOTIONS › COVID-19: Building and Construction Industry
Senator FARUQI (New South Wales) (11:59): I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator FARUQI: The Greens support this motion. We have been strongly pushing for a massive investment from the federal government to build 500,000 public and community homes to provide much-needed roofs over people's heads. The COVID-19 crisis has exposed even more how broken our housing system is. It's time for the federal government to lead from the front with a multibillion-dollar investment to construct high-quality, climate-conscious public and community housing as part of the economic stimulus. This will also create tens of thousands of thousands of jobs and thousands of apprenticeships. Housing is a human right, and everyone should have a place to call home.