Liberal Leader Zed Seselja has jumped on the Auditor-General’s verdict on land release in the ACT.
“This is a nine year old ACT Labor government, who keep saying we’ll now see better outcomes, when their policies have made things worse, pushing up prices for young families,” Zed said.
“Programs touted by the Government as innovative, like the land rent scheme, have been found by the Auditor-General to create a great deal of risk for the government with high cancellation rates as well as the majority of land rent blocks not been taken up by the targeted clients – low income lessees.
“For some time the Canberra Liberals have said that improved infrastructure delivery, having a genuine land bank available that is significantly more than expected demand and improved commercial competition for land will all help to improve land supply and affordable housing.
The Government remains silent on this one.