HAFF and Help to Buy

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? How many homes have been built and completed under the HAFF and associated programs? ? How many in 2025-26? ? How many since it started in 2023? ? How many are new? ? How many are acquired? Turnkey? ? What is the cost per dwelling? ? How many HAFF homes are new builds versus knock-down rebuilds? ? According to the budget papers the HAFF built no houses in 2025-26. Where is the $11.5 billion commitment going? ? The HAFF needs to spend $500 million each year. What is the breakdown of this spending? ? Can you provide a line by line breakdown of the 2024-25 commitment? And the 2025-26 commitment? If not why? ? In the design phase of the HAFF between January 2022 and the passage of the Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023: ? How many formal meetings or consultations took place between Treasury officials and representatives of Australian superannuation funds? ? Please provide the names of each superannuation fund, the dates of consultation, and the topics discussed. ? Were any drafts of the proposed HAFF scheme design shared with superannuation funds prior to public release? ? If yes, please specify which funds received which drafts and on what dates. ? Were any superannuation funds invited to comment on the design of availability payment structures? ? Can you disaggregate spending by each HAFF round? ? Are there any issues in HAFF Round 3? ? Have you held any industry briefings on it? Are there any concerns from industry re HAFF Round 3? ? In relation to the HAFF Round 1 and Round 2 funding outcomes: ? What was the total value of HAFF Round 1, and Round 2 funding agreements entered into with Assemble Communities Pty Ltd or any related entity, charity, CHP? ? How many dwellings does the Assemble program deliver? ? What is the average availability payment per dwelling for the Assemble portfolio? ? Please confirm or correct the public reports that the average HAFF Round 1 availability payment is $683,000 per home plus a $70,000 interest-free loan. ? How did this change for HAFF Round 2? ? What due diligence was undertaken by Housing Australia regarding the corporate structures used by Assemble or its related charity entities to receive HAFF funding? ? Why is Help to Buy at risk according to the Treasury PBS? ? Is it wise to offer people on low income 98% loans to purchase a property? ? In relation to the expected fiscal impact of the BTR tax concessions: ? What was Treasury's modelled estimate of foregone revenue from the reduction of MIT withholding tax from 30% to 15% over the forward estimates? ? What was the modelled estimate of additional rental dwelling supply attributable to the concessions? ? What is the projected ratio of additional rental dwellings created to dollars of foregone tax revenue? ? In relation to BTR developments currently claiming the 15% MIT concessional withholding rate: ? How many BTR projects have been certified as eligible? ? What is the total estimated dwelling number? ? What proportion of certified BTR developments are owned, directly or indirectly, by foreign-resident investors? ? Please list the largest foreign investor MIT structures benefiting from the concession.