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Budget doubles down on housing supply with $2bn infrastructure push

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... housing developments could deliver both long term returns and broader economic benefits. The Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) later became the centrepiece of the government's affordable housing strategy. Established with a $10 billion capital ...

Housing Australia Future Fund under audit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
The government's Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) is being audited by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Auditor-General Caralee McLiesh has confirmed in a letter to Senator Andrew Bragg. In addition, McLiesh said the ANAO is also ...

Conscious IM delivers affordable housing solutions

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... in Box Hill, Victoria. The properties are being delivered as affordable housing under the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) program. The acquisition has been financed by capital from CIM's managed funds with investors including Future Super, making ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... 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 Accord are poised ...

HAFF receives first round commitments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... 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 deliver ...

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 ...

Cbus scolded over 'most galling conflict' in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... 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 to the HAFF, as ...

Liquidate $250bn Future Fund, says think tank

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
... managers," he explained. Should the Albanese administration effectively navigate the passage of its Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) bill, an additional $10 billion might be borrowed on behalf of the Commonwealth, earmarked for management by the ...

Government progresses social housing measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
... in acute housing needs." Superannuation fund Cbus flagged that it is backing the initiative, pledging $500 million to the HAFF. "We believe that investing through the HAFF will meet the best financial interests of our members, particularly those members ...

Cbus pledges $500m to support Housing Accord

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... committing $500 million to support the construction of new social and affordable homes through the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) as part of the national Housing Accord. Cbus chair Wayne Swan said the fund's commitment to the Housing Accord aligned ...
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