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The Minnesota State House of Representatives and Senate approved sweeping new housing legislation this week totaling $1 billion, which is designed to address affordable housing access and down payment issues for first-time home buyers.Housing advocates estimate that roughly 5,000 households will qualify for the bill's rent assistance program in the form of rent vouchers, and the state is expected to spend $46 million for statewide rent assistance beyond the two-year budget cycle.

The Australian climate change minister, Chris Bowen, will use a speech at the Cop27 UN summit in Egypt to call out the World Bank for failing to address the climate crisis, and join calls for the international financial system to be reshaped.Giving a national statement at the conference in Sharm el-Sheik on Tuesday, Bowen will declare that Australia is back as a constructive, positive, and willing climate collaborator since the Anthony Albanese-led Labor party ousted Scott Morrison's rightwing coalition, which was widely criticised as a roadblock at climate negotiations.