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Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Amendment (Right to Housing) Bill 2025

Upper House — as recorded: Council - second readingAs recorded by the source: Council - second reading
Parliament
Parliament of Victoria
Introduced
17 June 2025
Latest stage
27 Aug 2025
Introduced by
Ms Gray-Barberio
Stage detail
Council - second reading

What the bill says it does

The purpose of this Act is to amend the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 to establish a right to housing.

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Timeline

  1. First reading passedLegislative Council

    17 June 2025

  2. First reading: Statement of compatibility tabledLegislative Council

    18 June 2025 · Source

  3. Second reading movedLegislative Council

    18 June 2025 · Source

  4. Second reading: Debate resumedLegislative Council

    27 Aug 2025

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Government function: Housing and homelessness support

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    Source: Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Victoria (legislation.vic.gov.au). Last checked by FOCUp 15 Sept 2026. Read via structured data endpoint. Category assigned by FOCUp's published rules (matched: housing). About this source