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Inquiry into Human Rights (Housing) Amendment Bill 2025

The ACT has an historic opportunity to become the first Australian jurisdiction to enshrine in law housing as a human right. With a bill to make housing a human right currently before the ACT’s Legislative Assembly, ACT Shelter convened an online forum to explore what this would mean in practice and why it matters. We developed a submission and submission templates to support individuals and organisations to make a submission to the associated inquiry.  To view the forum and access additional information see this page.

Click here to DOWNLOAD THE PDF of this submission.