The cost of housing crisis is still here and waiting for an answer
Contributed from Victoria Saying that its in the interests of most people for something rea l to be done to fix the cost of housing…
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Australia must move to solve the affordable housing crisis
The following article by Joe Montero was first published on the Fair Go For Pensioners (Victoria) website (14 November 2023). It explains that the fundamental…
Labor’s response to the high cost of housing is a disappointment
Contributed from Victoria I am disturbed to hear that the Albanese federal government continues to pretend it is doing something about creating affordable housing, while…
Australia wants the government to bring in rent control
Contributed by Jim Hayes An essential poll has just revealed that three quarters of Australia believes that rents should be capped or frozen until economic…
Call for a super profits tax to provide affordable housing is gaining support
Contributed by Joe Montero “People know something’s wrong. They know something’s wrong in their society when we have Commonwealth Bank recording over $10bn in profit…
Albanese government makes some concessions on affordable housing policy
Contributed by Joe Montero There’s no to ways to look at it, the Albanese government has had no other choice but to offer more than…
It is time to get serious about the housing affordability crisis
The following was written by Joe Montero in his capacity as the Victorian President of Fair Go For Pensioners. and it puts a view on…
The solutions to Australia’s housing crisis are actually quite obvious
The policy director at the Centre for Future Work and Guardian columnist Greg Jericho writes (I June 2023) about solutions to Australia’s housing crisis. His…
Stop the charade and create enough affordable housing
Contributed by Jim Hayes Forget the sensationalism over the spat in the federal parliament over the government’s Housing Australia Future Fund. The attention should be…
Spain and Portugal show us a few things about taking on the cost of housing
Contributed by Joe Montero Like Australia and many other countries, Spain is experiencing a surge in homelessness, and the cost of housing is forcing many…
