Barbara Pocock

Dear supporters,

Thank you for adding your name to the petition to end unfair tax breaks and fix the housing crisis in Australia.

Your voice joins a growing number of people deeply concerned about the
housing crisis, which is born of a system that favours the wealthy, and leaves too many struggling to find safe and secure housing.

As the Greens continue to take the fight on in Parliament, it’s wonderful to know there are amazing young people like Seb refusing to accept the
disaster of intergenerational housing inequality. 

Seb is 13, and by the time he graduates from university, he estimates that a modest house in Adelaide will cost him $1.6 million dollars.

Seb isn’t alone. For most children and young people in Australia, the reality is that unless they have wealthy parents who help them out, they won’t be able to afford a house when they grow up. 

Everyone should have the right to secure housing, and we urgently need
policies that ensure inherited wealth isn’t the only pathway to homeownership. Our housing system favours banks and wealthy property investors, not our children and grandchildren. 

The Greens know there is a different way to do housing, which is why we have a Senate Inquiry into Intergenerational Housing Inequality, which I am chairing.

I will be travelling across the country, to all our capital cities and some rural and regional towns, to hear first-hand from ordinary people and experts - and perhaps you - about how intergenerational housing inequality is experienced…and to come up with solutions.

Things can be different. We can fix the housing crisis - and you’ve just taken the first step by signing Seb’s petition, which I look forward to taking to Federal Parliament in Canberra.

Now I want to hear from you. 

Add your voice to the chorus of people from across the country who are
demanding a better and fairer system. 

Please consider writing a short submission about how the housing crisis is affecting you and submitting it below - so that we can hear from as many people as possible. 

https://greens.org.au/housing-inquiry

Thank you for taking the time to sign Seb’s petition and to stand up for
change. As our Senate Inquiry into Intergenerational Inequality in Housing unfolds, I will carry all of your stories with me as we fight for a future where everyone can live safely and securely with a roof over their head.

In solidarity,

Barbara Pocock
Senator for South Australia