Portfolio — 29 May 2026

Assistant Minister Rebecca White used a House debate on 28 May to catalogue a series of housing commitments directed at her Lyons electorate, drawing on the Housing Australia Future Fund, Commonwealth rent assistance, the five-percent deposit scheme, and a new $165 million infrastructure package [TA-260528-house-f5e69c44cc32:s082]. The centrepiece was the delivery of nearly 300 social and affordable homes across Campbelltown, Carrick, Hadspen, Bridgewater, Triabunna and Perth — communities within Lyons — funded through the Housing Australia Future Fund [TA-260528-house-f5e69c44cc32:s082].

White also pointed to a more-than-50-percent increase in Commonwealth rent assistance now reaching over 8,500 families in the electorate, and reported that the five-percent deposit scheme has assisted almost 800 Lyons constituents into homeownership [TA-260528-house-f5e69c44cc32:s082]. The $165 million federal enabling infrastructure commitment is framed as unlocking 4,000 new homes, with more than 2,100 quarantined for first-home buyers.

White also announced a further 1,000 homes at Dowsing Point, described as a joint initiative with the Prime Minister. Taken together, the contribution presents the government's housing agenda as a multi-instrument package — supply-side construction through the Future Fund, demand-side support through rent assistance and deposit guarantees, and infrastructure investment to activate new stock.

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