Labor’s build-to-rent bill knocked back in Senate as Coalition and Greens team up

Greens want 100% of build-to-rent properties to be affordable and Coalition says bill would just give foreign fund managers a tax cut'

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The Greens and the Coalition have combined to delay Labor's bill to encourage build-to-rent investments, prompting the Albanese government to accuse them of forming an anti-housing alliance".

On Thursday the Greens revealed new demands for 100% of build-to-rent properties to be affordable after they voted with the opposition to split tax changes out of a government Treasury bill.

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