--- title: "Legal and Social Issues Committee: reference (Victorian Legislative Council, 17 May 2023) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported the Legal and Social Issues Committee inquiring into the rental crisis in Victoria and measures to make renting more affordable and secure, reporting by 17 November 2023. Defeated 19 to 19 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 17 May 2023. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2023-05-17/1" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 17 May 2023 · [Housing](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=housing) # Legal and Social Issues Committee: reference Voting yes supported the Legal and Social Issues Committee inquiring into the rental crisis in Victoria and measures to make renting more affordable and secure, reporting by 17 November 2023. Defeated **19** yes **19** no The question put That this house requires the Legal and Social Issues Committee to inquire into, consider and report, by 17 November 2023, on the rental crisis in Victoria and measures to make renting more affordable and secure for Victorians, including but not limited to: (1) the drivers of low rental supply in Victoria; (2) the impact of low supply on renters; (3) options to increase the supply of long-term rentals, including: (a) regulating the short-stay industry; (b) incentivising long-term rentals through state tax levers; (c) the role of build to rent and rent to buy in increasing housing supply; (4) the factors impacting the high cost of rent in Victoria, including: (a) state and local government legislation and regulations; (b) state government taxation; (5) the impact of increasing first home buyers on rental stock; (6) the effect on renters of rental stress; (7) the options to make renting affordable to households of all income levels, including: (a) rent control options; (b) rent assistance options; (c) strengthening rental bidding laws; (d) land trusts and community-owned housing; (8) the effectiveness and enforcement of existing rental standards; (9) how to improve standards for tenan ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 14 no 14 members - No [Enver Erdogan](https://politics.computer/mp/enver-erdogan) - No [Gayle Tierney](https://politics.computer/mp/gayle-tierney) - No [Harriet Shing](https://politics.computer/mp/harriet-shing) - No [Ingrid Stitt](https://politics.computer/mp/ingrid-stitt) - No [Jacinta Ermacora](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-ermacora) - No [Jaclyn Symes](https://politics.computer/mp/jaclyn-symes) - No [John Berger](https://politics.computer/mp/john-berger) - No [Lizzie Blandthorn](https://politics.computer/mp/lizzie-blandthorn) - No [Michael Galea](https://politics.computer/mp/michael-galea) - No [Ryan Batchelor](https://politics.computer/mp/ryan-batchelor) - No [Shaun Leane](https://politics.computer/mp/shaun-leane) - No [Sheena Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/sheena-watt) - No [Sonja Terpstra](https://politics.computer/mp/sonja-terpstra) - No [Tom McIntosh](https://politics.computer/mp/tom-mcintosh) - Liberal All yes 9 yes · 0 no 9 members - Yes [Ann-Marie Hermans](https://politics.computer/mp/ann-marie-hermans) - Yes [David Davis](https://politics.computer/mp/david-davis) - Yes [Evan Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/evan-mulholland) - Yes [Georgie Crozier](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-crozier) - Yes [Joe McCracken](https://politics.computer/mp/joe-mccracken) - Yes [Nick McGowan](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mcgowan) - Yes [Renee Heath](https://politics.computer/mp/renee-heath) - Yes [Trung Luu](https://politics.computer/mp/trung-luu) - Yes [Wendy Lovell](https://politics.computer/mp/wendy-lovell) - Greens All yes 3 yes · 0 no 3 members - Yes [Aiv Puglielli](https://politics.computer/mp/aiv-puglielli) - Yes [Katherine Copsey](https://politics.computer/mp/katherine-copsey) - Yes [Sarah Mansfield](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-mansfield) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes [David Ettershank](https://politics.computer/mp/david-ettershank) Legalise Cannabis - Yes [Rachel Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/rachel-payne) Legalise Cannabis - Yes [Gaelle Broad](https://politics.computer/mp/gaelle-broad) Nationals - Yes [Melina Bath](https://politics.computer/mp/melina-bath) Nationals - Yes Matthew Bach Party not recorded - Yes [Samantha Ratnam](https://politics.computer/mp/samantha-ratnam) Party not recorded - Yes [Georgie Purcell](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-purcell) Animal Justice Party - No [Moira Deeming](https://politics.computer/mp/moira-deeming) Family First - No [Adem Somyurek](https://politics.computer/mp/adem-somyurek) Independent - No [David Limbrick](https://politics.computer/mp/david-limbrick) Libertarian Party - No [Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/rikkie-lee-tyrrell) One Nation - No [Jeff Bourman](https://politics.computer/mp/jeffrey-bourman) Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. 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