With the government’s legislation passing the senate, Australia has new tax concessions to drive the construction of rental properties. Here’s how they work.
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The government has stared down the Greens over its Help to Buy and Build to Rent housing legislation and will “wave through” the legislation in the Senate this week.
Greens leader Adam Bandt joins us to talk about the immediate impasse as well as his party's broad agenda including its demands if Labor fell into minority at the election.
Gone are the days when buy to let landlords were behind most of the private rental properties in the UK.
Build-to-rent developments have been touted as a way to deliver affordable housing on a large scale. But, to date, the sector has not been focused on housing for people on lower incomes.
The rise of build-to-rent development will affect a lot of Australians. Despite the rosy promises, tax, design, planning and tenancy reforms will be needed to avoid the potential pitfalls.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Accounting & Society, University of Sheffield; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Professor of Urban Geography, University of Sheffield
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Research Associate in Urban Political Economy, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of Urban Development, Bond University
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Lecturer in Property, Bond University
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ARC DECRA Fellow at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW