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Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... affordability by building 55,000 social and affordable homes over the next five years through initiatives like the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) and the Social Housing Accelerator. Rounds 1 and 2 of the HAFF and round 1 of the National Housing ...

IFM urges investment in housing, hires former Dexus chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... retirement savings and deliver housing at scale. The key recommendation in the report - aimed at doubling the Housing Australia Future Fund from $10 billion to $20 billion - is to align state and Commonwealth efforts to drive investment. IFM said this ...

Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... Australia and abroad, maintaining mandates with major infrastructure managers like QIC and EQT. Meantime, the Housing Australia Future Fund was created in 2023 with the purpose of meeting Australia's social and affordable housing needs. Future Fund ...

Future Fund delivers strong 11.9% return

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... has delivered a 10-year return of 8.2% per annum, outperforming its target of 6.8%. Future Fund added that the Housing Australia Future Fund is now fully invested. Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt said it was a strong result which adds to the ...

HAFF receives first round commitments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
Housing Australia and the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) have announced commitments to the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) under the first funding round. Housing Australia has selected an initial pipeline of 185 projects to potentially ...

New bill seeks to block investments involving Cbus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has introduced a bill to stop the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) from investing in housing projects financed by Cbus. The bill would amend the Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023 to include an additional limitation ...

Budget 2024: Additional $11.3bn promised for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... in new housing investments the Albanese government has promised over the next decade, including: $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund to build 30,000 social and affordable rental homes $2 billion Social Housing Accelerator to deliver around 4,000 ...

Conscious Investment Management fund receives $50m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... with government funding programs, including the recently announced federal government funding initiatives, the Housing Australia Future Fund and the National Housing Accord. These programs aim to stimulate institutional investment in the social and affordable ...

The Voice is not at the expense of the economy: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... the edge off inflation rather than make our inflation challenges worse," he said. "We've legislated the Housing Australia Future Fund and invested billions of dollars in affordable housing, working with the states." The treasurer reinforced that ...

Cbus scolded over 'most galling conflict' in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... released Freedom of Information documents that indicated Cbus has been lobbying for changes to the government's Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF). This drew his scrutiny, as Bragg noted Cbus is the only super fund to have publicly committed funds ...