🏠 Housing & planning
Rent caps or freeze: where the parties stand
Cap or freeze rent increases? Here's what every decoded party in the 2026 Victorian election has said, with sources.
For: Greens and Vic Socialists. Not mentioned by: Labor, Lib/Nat, One Nation, Legalise Cannabis, Animal Justice, Libertarian, Shooters, Fishers & Farmers, Family First and Sustainable Australia.
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Greens supports this
Freeze rents, then cap increases so they never outpace wages.
Source: Victorian Greens
Vic Socialists supports this
A five-year rent freeze.
Source: Victorian Socialists
👻 Ghosting
Not mentioned in anything we reviewed for 2026: