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Greens' rent freeze plan: What happened when Australia did cap rents

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 26, 2023
If rents are frozen for two years and then capped at two percent every two years, the Greens (housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather) are stopping federal Labor's $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund. The Australian Capital Territory's rent cap, according to federal Labor Housing Minister Julie Collins (right), would cause supply to decrease. Brisbane (Bondi queue inset) has overtaken Canberra to become Australia's most expensive capital city rental market.