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Ms CAMPBELL (Moreton) (19:35): One thousand, one hundred and thirteen is the number of people in my local electorate who have purchased their very first home under the five per cent deposit scheme, and 1 October marked one year since the introduction of that scheme. Not only have those just over a thousand people been able to buy their first house in Brisbane's south side but 280,000 people have benefited across our nation.

It's easy to think of these as simply numbers on a page or as simply adding another one and another one. But it's important to remember that each of those numbers represents a family, each of those numbers represents a story and each of those homes will become a place where more stories are created. The doorframes in those homes will have notches added to them to measure the heights of the children who will grow there.

The kitchens will see conversations of so many different things, both joyous and profoundly sad. There will be a room that'll transform from a nursery into a teenage hangout in the blink of an eye. These stories are not just about a house.

They're the fulfilment of that great Australian dream. Young Australians don't want to rent a house that they're paying off for someone else; they want to own one where they can build their future. In recent weeks I've been doing work in the community in Runcorn and talking to people about housing.

For too long, people have struggled to own a home of their own. The challenges have been building over many years, or, as the Minister for Housing would put it, this has been cooking for four decades. We have a supply challenge in this country, and there's not one solution to it.

It's multifaceted, and what this Labor government is doing is throwing the kitchen sink at it. We all know that having a safe, secure and affordable place to call home is fundamental to people's wellbeing. The keys that you put in that door aren't limited to just opening that door.

The keys open personal security, the keys open more reliable job opportunities and the keys open economic freedom. Labor is doing something to put those keys into young people's hands. The $47 billion Homes for Australia plan includes significant investment in social and affordable housing, homelessness services and support for people experiencing housing insecurity.

The largest social and affordable housing investment in a generation, including delivering 55,000 new social and affordable homes, is a stark contrast to the none that we saw in two terms from those opposite. More than 7,000 of those homes have already been completed, and another 22,000 homes are in planning or construction right now. There is a $1.2 billion investment in crisis and transitional accommodation for women and children escaping family and domestic violence as well as young people who are experiencing or are at risk of homelessness.

There is a five-year housing and homelessness agreement with states and territories. The Commonwealth is providing $9.3 billion to support new social housing and homelessness services across the country. The Help to Buy Scheme is the first national shared-equity scheme and is supporting the construction of 100,000 homes reserved for first home buyers so they don't have to compete with investors.

Almost 1.5 million households are benefiting from increases to Commonwealth Rent Assistance. We are working with states and territories to strengthen renters' rights. There is $60 million for youth housing incentives that will help more than 4,300 young people, young Australians established secure tenancies.

No Australian should be without a safe place to live and every number added to that tally is a new Labor success story.