Program · Outcome 1: Supporting and implementing informed decisions on policies for the good of the Australian people, including for achieving strong, sustainable economic growth, through the provision of advice to Treasury Ministers and efficient administration of Treasury's functions
Program 1.5: Support for Housing Supply and Affordability
The objective of this program is to provide advice on a range of housing related issues that impact housing supply and affordability, home ownership, the rental market, homelessness, cities and construction to support the Government’s housing agenda.
Department of the Treasury, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 58 reported
$2.7bn
2026-27 Budget estimate
+$1.3bn (+93.4%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
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Published lines
Each row is one line of the program’s expense table in the 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements – Program Expense Line Items, as published.
| Line | Kind | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Treatment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year | administered | $612m | $2.1bn | +$1.5bn +245.0% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1299 |
| Housing Australia Special Account | administered | $500m | $399m | −$101m −20.1% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1297 |
| Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1 and Supply Bill No. 1) | administered | $207m | $155m | −$52m −25.2% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1295 |
| Housing Australia Future Fund Payments Special Account | administered | $74m | $35m | −$39m −52.3% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1296 |
| Housing Australia | administered | $6.3m | $6.4m | +$83k +1.3% | reported | Table 2.1.1, row 1298 |