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Labor: 2024 promises

What each party said it would do at the 2024 election, in its own words, with a link to where it said it.

Each promise was copied word for word from the party’s own website, as saved by the Internet Archive in 2024. A person still needs to check each one against its source, so most show “Not yet checked”. Whether a promise was kept is only marked when there is evidence for it.

Housing16

  • Progressively remove stamp duty for all first home buyers over four years“Under Labor’s plan, over the next four years we will progressively remove stamp duty for all first home buyers.”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Timing: over the next four years · Source · As published in 2024
  • Progressively remove stamp duty for pensioners, off-the-plan unit purchases and vacant land (principal place of residence)“We will progressively remove all stamp duty for pensioners.”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Timing: over the next four years · Source · As published in 2024
  • Deliver 5,000 additional public, community and affordable rental homes by the end of 2030“ACT Labor will deliver 5000 additional public, community and affordable rental dwellings in Canberra by the end of 2030.”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Timing: end of 2030 · Source · As published in 2024
  • Hold dedicated annual land releases for public and community housing“We will also conduct dedicated annual land releases for public and community housing projects.”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Timing: annual · Source · As published in 2024
  • Increase the Affordable Housing Project Fund to $100 million“we will also increase the Affordable Housing Project Fund to $100 million, supporting the construction of hundreds of additional affordable rental properties.”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Source · As published in 2024
  • Buy modular housing at scale with NSW and Queensland for public housing“A re-elected Labor Government will partner with larger states like NSW and Queensland to purchase, at scale, modular housing”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Source · As published in 2024
  • Expand insourced public housing maintenance to 10 multi-unit properties by 2026“expanding the multi-unit property insourcing program to 10 properties by 2026.”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Timing: 2026 · Source · As published in 2024
  • Invest an extra $5 million in homelessness services (chronic, youth, older women, family violence)“ACT Labor will invest an additional $5 million to target chronic homelessness, youth homelessness, older women and those escaping domestic violence.”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Source · As published in 2024
  • Develop a pattern book of pre-approved low-rise home designs, chosen through a design competition“endorsed building designs that can be used to fast track more low-rise ‘missing middle’ homes for Canberrans.”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Source · As published in 2024
  • Review planning controls at local shops and group centres to encourage mixed-use and shop-top housing“A re-elected Labor Government will review planning controls around our local shops and group centres to encourage more mixed-use developments and ‘shop top’ housing”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Source · As published in 2024
  • Investigate tougher measures for owners who leave shop spaces vacant“a re-elected Labor Government will investigate tougher measures for property owners who leave their shop spaces vacant or unused.”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Source · As published in 2024
  • Change the Territory Plan to allow homes on CZ6 land owned by not-for-profit clubs, with no net loss of community facilities“a Labor Government will also revise the Territory Plan to allow residential development in Commercial Zone 6 (CZ6) land owned by not-for-profit clubs if there is no net-loss of existing community and leisure facilities.”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Source · As published in 2024
  • Maintain direct financial help for build-to-rent projects that include affordable housing“a re-elected Labor Government will maintain the direct financial assistance that is available to support build-to-rent developments delivering affordable housing.”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Source · As published in 2024
  • Enable 30,000 new homes by the end of 2030“These developments will contribute to our goal of enabling 30,000 new homes by the end of 2030.”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Timing: end of 2030 · Source · As published in 2024
  • Implement the missing middle design guide, then change the Territory Plan to allow more missing middle housing“A re-elected Labor Government will commit to implementing the missing middle design guide which is currently in development.”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Source · As published in 2024
  • Make 75 public housing properties available to specialist housing and homelessness services“A re-elected Labor government will also make 75 public housing properties available for specialist housing and homelessness services”ACT Labor · 2024 campaign · Source · As published in 2024