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Minister for Housing
Commonwealth Coat of Arms
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Incumbent Clare O'Neil since 29 July 2024 (2024-07-29)
Department of Social Services
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder	Bert Lazzarini (as Minister for Works and Housing)
Formation	13 July 1945 (1945-07-13)
Website	ministers.dss.gov.au/clare-oneil

The Minister for Housing is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Clare O'Neil since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry.

In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Social Services.

The first Minister for Housing was Les Bury, appointed in 1963, although there were Ministers in charge of War Service Homes from 1932 to 1938 and 1941 to 1945. In 1945, Bert Lazzarini was appointed Minister for Works and Housing and this title continued until 1952, when Wilfrid Kent Hughes became Minister for Works. No minister included "works" or "construction" in his portfolio after Stewart West lost this title in 1987, partly reflecting the progressive outsourcing of the Commonwealth's construction activities and even ownership of assets. The Howard government had no Minister of Housing, partly reflecting the decline of the significance of the commonwealth-state housing agreements as a means of providing new housing since the post-war years.

Between 2010 and 2013 and since 2020, the minister appointed to the position is also appointed the Minister for Homelessness.

List of ministers for housing

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Housing, or any of its precedent titles:

Notes

Whitlam was one of a two-man ministry consisting of himself and Lance Barnard for two weeks until the full ministry was announced.

List of assistant ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Services, or any of its precedent titles:

References

1. ^ "The 45th Parliament: Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 2017". Parliament of Australia. 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

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