Minor party says it is waving bills through after accepting government ‘doesn’t care enough about renters to do anything meaningful for them’

The Greens will help the Albanese government pass its Help to Buy shared equity scheme for homeownership and build to rent tax incentives, despite failing to win any concessions from Labor in return for its support.

The Greens leader, Adam Bandt, and housing spokesperson, Max Chandler-Mather, announced the shift in policy at a press conference on Monday afternoon, explaining that they had pushed Labor “as hard” as they could without success.

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