Push for levy on unoccupied homes in Tasmania
Contributed by Adam Carlton Twelve organisations have come together in Tasmania to call for the imposition of a levy on owners of homes that they…
Housing
Housing is becoming even less affordable
Contributed from Victoria The latest annual Rental Affordability Index (RAI) shows more than 42 percent of low-income households are now in rental stress and struggling…
Studies find rent control works
The following by Patrick Range McDonald (Housing is a Human Right 14 September 2022) highlights the evidence in the United States on how rent control…
Creating housing affordability means proper funding of housing alternatives
Contributed by Joe Montero The call by Brendan Coates, the economic policy director at the Grattan Institute, for concrete measures to address the housing crisis…
Australia needs much more public and community housing
Contributed by Joe Montero As Australia’s cost of living crisis builds, there is one obvious key component to it besides stagnant wages and miserable social…
Affordable housing can be created with a multipronged approach
Contributed by Joe Montero House prices are soaring across Australia, increasing in some places by up to 20 percent of pre-pandemic levels. Rents have risen…
The housing affordability crisis being ignored in this election campaign
Contributed by Joe Montero Housing affordability has emerged as a key election issue. So it should. Major part of Australia faces the startling reality that…
Australia needs more public housing
Contributed by Glen Davis In Australia on any given night, an estimated one in every 200 people are homeless. Here in Victoria, the figure cited…
Australia’s housing affordability crisis demands a real solution
Contributed by Joe Montero Housing affordability has been a critical issue in Australia for some time. The real estate industry might by happy about continuously…
Meteoric house price rises risk devastating Aussie economy
Jessica Yun writes (Yahoo finance 15 June 2021), the still fast rising cost of housing is hurting people, experts agree, and there mut be a…
