Housing

Pick an issue to see how every MLA has voted on it. Each issue groups together the recorded votes that were about the same thing.

What Canberrans said about housing

31%picked “Improving housing choice and affordability” as one of their top three priorities for the ACT Government

24%of everyone surveyed agreed enough is currently being done about it

What they most wanted

Deliver more public, community, and affordable rental homes69%
Change planning rules to enable more housing choice and supply48%
Help renters who are struggling financially46%

From the 2025 Community Priorities Survey (ACT Government, YourSay Panel, summary report, april 2026), carried out 21 October to 4 November 2025: 1,801 people answered. An opt-in panel of Canberrans aged 18 and over, with extra young people recruited through a second panel, weighted by age, gender and region to match the 2021 Census. “What they most wanted” is out of the 503 people who picked this area; each could choose up to three. This shows what people told one survey. It isn’t a vote, and it doesn’t say how any MLA should vote.

Always voted forMostly voted forVoted both waysMostly voted againstAlways voted against

HousingPublic housing quotas

Require a set share of public housing in new developments

6 for · 15 against · 4 not in these votes

1 recorded vote HousingThe ACT's housing debt

Publicly criticise federal Labor MPs over the ACT's historic housing debt

11 always for · 8 always against · 6 not in these votes

3 recorded votes

Bars show how the members of the current Assembly voted across each issue’s votes. They describe voting patterns only, not whether anyone was right.