00:02Digging in on fixing Tasmania's housing crisis.
00:06This is a really important new partnership.
00:08The Federal Government has granted the State Government $50 million and will loan it another $115 million.
00:16The money to be used to support home builds and the enabling infrastructure.
00:21Water infrastructure, it's electricity, it's footpaths and roads.
00:25These are the things that actually stop us building the housing we need on incredible sites like this.
00:29They say the deal will help get 4,000 homes built, half of them to be reserved for first home
00:35buyers.
00:36They're slated for the Meander Valley, Sorrell and here in Brighton.
00:4230 minutes from the city of Launceston or Hobart and very attractive and affordable for people to live in nice
00:49environments
00:50and travel in now the city to work, pleasure or schooling reasons.
00:55We like to claim we are the first home owners capital of Tasmania and this just further comes to prove
01:01that particular point.
01:03The National Housing Accord aims to build 1.2 million new homes across the country by 2029.
01:10But recent reporting has found that target is in danger of being missed.
01:15Despite the construction workforce already being under strain, Housing Minister Claire O'Neill says today's commitment will be delivered on.
01:25The difference with this program is that the Government is integrally involved in actually building the homes.
01:29At the other end of the housing spectrum, the Federal Housing Minister has also toured the Hobart Women's Shelter.
01:36It's building 15 new units to keep up with demand.
01:40We're currently turning 8 out of 10 women and children away so last year we turned away 822 women and
01:46children.
01:46Showing just how much work is needed to fix Tasmania's housing crisis.
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