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DARK SECRETS: Crossbenchers raise concerns with social housing fund - The Real Truth

Senator Jacqui Lambie calls for upgrades and repairs to housing in remote Indigenous communities. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A multibillion-dollar fund to build tens of thousands of new social and affordable housing could be heading for defeat in parliament following concerns it would not fix problems in the sector.

Under the government's $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund, 30,000 new social housing would be built in the first five years of the scheme, with up to $500 million spent each year.

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