Jul 1, 2026 – 4.38pmFederal Labor’s plan to stop self-managed super funds from borrowing to invest in residential property will cut more than 40,000 new homes from the housing market, outweighing any benefit of the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund, according to the Urban Development Institute of Australia.Even if the number of new home loans to SMSF investors was 4000 each year – a figure Treasury has provided, but which the industry has disputed as too low – the multiplier effect of two to three extra homes being built for each loan meant that up to 12,000 new homes a year would not get built, UDIA national president Oscar Stanley said.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
SMSF property ban ‘wipes out’ any gain from federal housing program
Cutting out the option for self-managed super funds to create more rental stock will ultimately increase the burden on taxpayers, the property industry says.
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