I'm 13. I'll be past 40 before I can afford a house. Australia has a right to housing.

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The issue

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A house here costs $940,000 today. By the time I finish uni: $1.6 million. By the time I'm 40: $5.5 million. The deposit alone is $1.1 million. House prices grow at 6.8% a year. My wages will grow at 3%. I was never supposed to catch up.

This isn't bad luck. It's arithmetic. And someone built it this way.

THE GAP
House prices rose 193% in twenty years. Wages rose 81%. My parents' generation saved a deposit in four years. Mine will take twenty. Same country. They changed the rules after they got in.

THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE
135 out of 226 federal MPs own two or more properties. They spend $12.3 billion a year on negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts — $7.2 billion of which goes to the richest 10%. I am subsidising the people who will outbid me.

WHAT WE DEMAND
  1. End negative gearing beyond one investment property.
  2. Scrap the capital gains tax discount for investors with multiple properties.

Is a roof over your head a human right — yes or no?

Sign this. Send it to someone who still thinks the system works.

See the maths: righttohousing.com.au

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Recent signers:
Alex Priest and 19 others have signed recently.

The issue

righttohousing.com.au

A house here costs $940,000 today. By the time I finish uni: $1.6 million. By the time I'm 40: $5.5 million. The deposit alone is $1.1 million. House prices grow at 6.8% a year. My wages will grow at 3%. I was never supposed to catch up.

This isn't bad luck. It's arithmetic. And someone built it this way.

THE GAP
House prices rose 193% in twenty years. Wages rose 81%. My parents' generation saved a deposit in four years. Mine will take twenty. Same country. They changed the rules after they got in.

THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE
135 out of 226 federal MPs own two or more properties. They spend $12.3 billion a year on negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts — $7.2 billion of which goes to the richest 10%. I am subsidising the people who will outbid me.

WHAT WE DEMAND
  1. End negative gearing beyond one investment property.
  2. Scrap the capital gains tax discount for investors with multiple properties.

Is a roof over your head a human right — yes or no?

Sign this. Send it to someone who still thinks the system works.

See the maths: righttohousing.com.au

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Ed GalvezPetition starter
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Barbara Pocock
Barbara Pocock
Senator for South Australia
Responded
“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”
Anthony Albanese
Anthony Albanese
Prime Minister of Australia

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Petition created on 6 March 2026