Last week, more than a hundred constituents

joined our Curtin Housing Forum to discuss

what it will take to achieve our agreed housing

goals in Curtin, secure long-term housing

for all, incentives aligned to the provision

of homes rather than assets and social housing

integrated into our communities.

This is what we agreed at the forum.

The key theme that emerged was the need for

vision and cooperation between all levels

of government.

We need a national housing policy that drives

this.

With rental vacancies at 0.7 per cent in WA

we need more housing supply with well designed

medium density infill and a diversity of housing

options.

The federal government must incentivise the

build to rent model through GST exemptions

or so land tax concessions.

All the experts agreed that stamp duty needs

to be phased out and replaced by land tax.

The WA State Government must provide scale

to ensure that WA gets its fair share of federal

funding for social and affordable housing.

Renters in WA need greater protection to provide

greater stability.

And at a state and local level, approval processes

need to be accelerated, access to land increased

and planning rules simplified especially for

well designed, sustainable housing that can

be built rapidly.

I thank all Curtin constituents who participated

in this conversation.

I'm take the outcomes of our Curtin Housing

Forums and use them to continue to advocate

for integrated solutions to the housing crisis

in Curtin and across the country.