The ACT Greens are asking the government to set at least 10 per cent of the recent CSIRO land purchase aside for affordable public housing.

Purchased for $385 million, the site has the potential to hold up to three-thousand homes.

Greens Spokesperson for Housing, Rebecca Vassarotti, said that now the government has taken responsibility for purchasing the site, it must also recognise its role in delivering at least ten per cent of the site as price-capped affordable public housing.

“For years, Canberrans have seen this government talk a big game when it comes to affordable housing. But no amount of convenient wording or flashy media stunts will distract from the reality that for Canberrans doing it tough, rent is too damn high.”

ACT Greens Leader Jo Clay MLA said Ginninderra East provides an opportunity to set a new standard for sustainable and inclusive urban development.

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