Ms COLLINS (Franklin—Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness and Minister for Small Business) (14:20): I thank the member opposite for his question. The Albanese government does understand that safe and affordable housing is central to the security and dignity of all Australians, and we want every Australian to have the security of a roof over their head. Indeed, the National Rental Affordability Scheme provided rental accommodation to around 55,000 Australians but was abolished by the former government eight years ago. Eight years ago they cancelled NRAS, and homes have been leaving the scheme since 2018, when the 10-year agreement started to expire, without any plan to replace the homes. There's no sugar-coating that rental affordability challenges exist, which is why we have our $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund which we introduced into the parliament today. The NRAS scheme is a perfect example, though, of the neglect those opposite showed to housing over the last decade. Mr Sukkar interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Deakin will cease interjecting. Ms COLLINS: Our solutions are long-term and will provide certainty and stability for future projects, with the fund there in perpetuity and the returns being invested in social and affordable housing. Mr Sukkar interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Deakin has been asked to stop interjecting. Ms COLLINS: Indeed, we've already unlocked up to $575 million to immediately invest in social and affordable housing, and these projects are underway today. I've already made announcements around the country about some of these projects—of course, the 30,000 social and affordable homes that will come from the Housing Australia Future Fund, and then, on top of that, the National Housing Accord, which we agreed between state and federal governments and announced in the last budget. Of course, our 30,000 is on top of what the states and territories are already doing. The government's $350 million will, in addition, mean 10,000 additional homes which will be added to by the states and territories with another 10,000 affordable homes. And, of course, there's the aspiration of the accord for one million homes right across the country over the five years. We've also brought forward our Regional First Home Buyer Guarantee. That has already helped 1,700 Australians in regional Australia into their first homes. Our government equity scheme, Help to Buy, will be coming out. And, of course, our National Housing Supply and Affordability Council, which we introduced into parliament today, will be working with all the other tiers of government to provide independent advice about how we get more homes on the ground more quickly right across the country.