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…
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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…
Reserve bank moves to counter the flak from the rising cost of living
Contributed by Joe Montero We know that this Wednesday the Reserve Bank did not increase the interest rate and thereby deviated from the previous 10…
Rents are continuing to rise and contribute to the housing crisis
Contributed by Joe Montero The exorbitant cost of housing across Australia isn’t going down. It’s continuing to go up instead. The main driver at this…
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 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…
