Increasing housing affordability
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should take national action to increase housing affordability so that all Australians have the chance to buy their own home.
View on They Vote For You →How each party's members voted
Each bar is 100% of a party's current members in the House of Representatives whom They Vote For You places in one of its seven agreement groups for this policy (its own categories, shown as published). Bars show percentages of members, not vote totals; the number beside each bar is how many members that is. Members They Vote For You says haven't cast enough votes on the policy are counted separately, not in the bars.
- Consistently against
- Almost always against
- Generally against
- Mixture
- Generally for
- Almost always for
- Consistently for
Labor
69 members+1 not enough votes
Liberal
14 members+2 not enough votes
Independent
9 members
LNP
9 members
Nationals
9 members
Centre Alliance
1 member
Greens
1 member
One Nation
1 member
Katter's Australian0 members+1 not enough votes
Speaker0 members+1 not enough votes
Party breakdown as a table (number of members in each group)
| Party | Consistently against | Almost always against | Generally against | Mixture | Generally for | Almost always for | Consistently for | Not enough votes | Members in bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 69 |
| Liberal | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| LNP | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Nationals | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Centre Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| One Nation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Katter's Australian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Speaker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 118 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wilkie (Clark) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Kate Chaney (Curtin) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Dai Le (Fowler) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Monique Ryan (Kooyong) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Sophie Scamps (Mackellar) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Allegra Spender (Wentworth) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mary Doyle (Aston) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jodie Belyea (Dunkley) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Jason Clare (Blaxland) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Patrick Gorman (Perth) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Alicia Payne (Canberra) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Carina Garland (Chisholm) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Sally Sitou (Reid) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Sam Lim (Tangney) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Anthony Albanese (Grayndler) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Tony Burke (Watson) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Julie Collins (Franklin) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Justine Elliot (Richmond) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Catherine King (Ballarat) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Richard Marles (Corio) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Shayne Neumann (Blair) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Tanya Plibersek (Sydney) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Amanda Rishworth (Kingston) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Tony Zappia (Makin) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Chris Bowen (McMahon) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Clare O'Neil (Hotham) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Joanne Ryan (Lalor) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Andrew Giles (Scullin) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Anne Aly (Cowan) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Emma McBride (Dobell) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Susan Templeman (Macquarie) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Luke Gosling (Solomon) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Julian Hill (Bruce) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Peter Khalil (Wills) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Anne Stanley (Werriwa) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Andrew Leigh (Fenner) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo) | Centre Alliance | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Josh Wilson (Fremantle) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Libby Coker (Corangamite) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Daniel Mulino (Fraser) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Fiona Phillips (Gilmore) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Helen Haines (Indi) | Independent | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Anika Wells (Lilley) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Josh Burns (Macnamara) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Zali Steggall (Warringah) | Independent | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Steve Georganas (Adelaide) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Mark Butler (Hindmarsh) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Ged Kearney (Cooper) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| David Smith (Bean) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Andrew Gee (Calare) | Independent | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Kristy McBain (Eden-Monaro) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Jerome Laxale (Bennelong) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Louise Miller-Frost (Boothby) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Tania Lawrence (Hasluck) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Dan Repacholi (Hunter) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Marion Scrymgour (Lingiari) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Andrew Charlton (Parramatta) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Tracey Roberts (Pearce) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Gordon Reid (Robertson) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Matt Burnell (Spence) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Zaneta Mascarenhas (Swan) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Ed Husic (Chifley) | Labor | Voted generally for | 82% |
| Michelle Rowland (Greenway) | Labor | Voted generally for | 82% |
| Tim Watts (Gellibrand) | Labor | Voted generally for | 82% |
| Sharon Claydon (Newcastle) | Labor | Voted generally for | 82% |
| Jim Chalmers (Rankin) | Labor | Voted generally for | 82% |
| Matt Keogh (Burt) | Labor | Voted generally for | 82% |
| Mike Freelander (Macarthur) | Labor | Voted generally for | 82% |
| Meryl Swanson (Paterson) | Labor | Voted generally for | 82% |
| Madeleine King (Brand) | Labor | Voted generally for | 82% |
| Pat Conroy (Shortland) | Labor | Voted generally for | 82% |
| Kate Thwaites (Jagajaga) | Labor | Voted generally for | 82% |
| Alison Byrnes (Cunningham) | Labor | Voted generally for | 79% |
| Sam Rae (Hawke) | Labor | Voted generally for | 79% |
| Cassandra Fernando (Holt) | Labor | Voted generally for | 79% |
| Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Ryan) | Greens | Voted generally for | 79% |
| Rob Mitchell (McEwen) | Labor | Voted generally for | 78% |
| Lisa Chesters (Bendigo) | Labor | Voted generally for | 78% |
| Bob Katter (Kennedy) | Katter's Australian | Not enough votes to say | 73% |
| Milton Dick (Oxley) | Speaker | Not enough votes to say | 73% |
| Anne Urquhart (Braddon) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 57% |
| Jason Wood (La Trobe) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 11% |
| Scott Buchholz (Wright) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 7% |
| Julian Leeser (Berowra) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 7% |
| Phillip Thompson (Herbert) | LNP | Voted almost always against | 7% |
| Anne Webster (Mallee) | Nationals | Voted almost always against | 7% |
| Andrew Wallace (Fisher) | LNP | Voted almost always against | 7% |
| Barnaby Joyce (New England) | One Nation | Voted almost always against | 5% |
| Tony Pasin (Barker) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 4% |
| Kevin Hogan (Page) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 4% |
| David Littleproud (Maranoa) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 4% |
| Pat Conaghan (Cowper) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 4% |
| Garth Hamilton (Groom) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Henry Pike (Bowman) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Aaron Violi (Casey) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Andrew Willcox (Dawson) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Zoe McKenzie (Flinders) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Colin Boyce (Flynn) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Sam Birrell (Nicholls) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Alex Hawke (Mitchell) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Darren Chester (Gippsland) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Dan Tehan (Wannon) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Michael McCormack (Riverina) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Michelle Landry (Capricornia) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Angus Taylor (Hume) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Rick Wilson (O'Connor) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Andrew Hastie (Canning) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Ted O'Brien (Fairfax) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Llew O'Brien (Wide Bay) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Terry Young (Longman) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Angie Bell (Moncrieff) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Melissa Price (Durack) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Melissa McIntosh (Lindsay) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Cameron Caldwell (Fadden) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Simon Kennedy (Cook) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Tim Wilson (Goldstein) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
Votes that make up this policy
The policy position on each vote. Strong votes count more towards a member's agreement score.
- 27 Nov 2024 · HousePolicy: AyeHelp to Buy Bill 2023 - Consideration of Senate Message - Agree with Senate amendments
- 26 Nov 2024 · SenatePolicy: AyeHelp to Buy Bill 2023, Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
- 28 Feb 2024 · HousePolicy: AyeHelp to Buy Bill 2023 and Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with the bills
- 6 Dec 2023 · SenatePolicy: AyeMatters of Urgency - Housing - Address root causes of unaffordability
- 14 Sept 2023 · HousePolicy: AyeHousing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 - Consideration of Senate Message - Agree with the Senate amendment
- 14 Sept 2023 · HousePolicy: AyeTreasury Laws Amendment (Housing Measures No. 1) Bill 2023 - Consideration of Senate Message - Agree with Senate amendment
- 13 Sept 2023 · SenatePolicy: AyeHousing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 and two others - Second Reading - Agree with bills' main idea
- 13 Sept 2023 · SenatePolicy: AyeHousing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
- 16 Feb 2023 · HousePolicy: NoNational Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Regional Australia and critical infrastructure
- 15 Feb 2023 · HousePolicy: AyeHousing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
- 18 June 2020 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Covid-19 - Housing and renters' rights
- 27 Nov 2019 · HousePolicy: AyeTreasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Housing affordability
- 11 Oct 2016 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Housing Affordability - Negative gearing & capital gains tax discount
- 17 June 2015 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Housing Affordability - First home buyers and public housing
- 18 Sept 2007 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Housing Affordability - Evidence-based national plan