Tasmanian Budget 2020-21

HOUSING

$123.8m being delivered into new housing projects including the debt waiver program*
$100m to construct up to 1000 new social houses through the Community Housing Growth program*
$65m to continue delivering our second Affordable Housing Action Plan*
$15m for public housing heating and energy efficiency initiatives
$20m for the Tasmanian HomeBuilder grants^
$19.4m for the extension of the First Home Owners Grant~
$2m for the expansion of the Private Rental Incentive Scheme to help low income Tasmanians enter the private rental market^
$16.8m to extend the Safe Spaces program and additional general and mental health supports^
Almost $5m for a new Launceston Youth at Risk Centre including operation costs*
$4.6m to expand the Magnolia House Women’s Shelter including operation costs*
$5.6m to expand Thyne House and transition it into a youth foyer model including operating costs*
More than $10m for a new Burnie Youth Foyer including operating costs*
More than $10m for a new Hobart Youth Foyer including operating costs*
More than $22m for new supported accommodation facilities including Waratah, Balmoral and the new Bethlehem House*
Over $1m to deliver new older men’s homeless accommodation
The delivery of the Huntingfield land release project, to provide around 470 residential lots

COMMUNITY

$10m to improve grassroots sporting infrastucture - Improving the Playing Field Grants^
$4.4m for the Adult Learning Strategy*
$4m to assist Tamanian children with the costs of participation in sport - Ticket to Play*
$45 million in energy concessions for low income earners
$351,000 for Volunteering Tasmania to re-engage volunteers~
Concessions for local government rates and water and sewerage for low income households totalling $35.6m*
$14m to waive school levies for eligible students*
$250,000 to support the mental health of frontline volunteers, including our fire services and paramedics
$500,000 for real-time fuel monitoring helping to find cheaper fuel prices*
$4.7m for new climate change initiatives
$9.5m for the Container Refund Scheme and Waste Action Plan
$4.3m for major sporting organisations, including AFL, Basketball Tasmania, Football Tasmania and Cricket Tasmania
$3m for additional funding for the Director of Public Prosecutions*
$2.6m for the Legal Assistance sector, to support vulnerable Tasmanians*
$1.6m for improved boat and trailer parking for recreational fishing, as part of a $2.2m project
$1.6m in additional support for emergency food relief providers^
$2.3m for family and sexual violence prevention
An additional $350,000 for TasCOSS to assist the community sector respond and adapt to COVID-19 challenges^
$1.2m for Tasmania’s contribution to the Closing the Gap and Aboriginal national funding pool*
$500,000 for the Community Support Fund for those most in need
$780,000 for Tasmania’s Multicultural Policy and Action Plan^
$400,000 for Supporting Industry Pipelines for Women^
$300,000 complete the Local Government Review

* Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding

Housing & Community