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You’d think falling housing prices might help people on low incomes, but history shows downturns often increase inequality. And many buyers who took out big loans during the housing boom are at risk.
Hundreds of thousands of Australians are forced into inadequate or unhealthy housing by high housing costs.
The Productivity Commission neglected the impact of housing costs. After allowing for these costs, the top 10% of households’ average disposable income grew at 2.7 times the rate of the bottom 10%.
Housing and wages loom as stubborn problems that could bring our economy unstuck in the year ahead.
Melbourne has seen tens of thousands of new apartments constructed over recent years, and apartment brands are flourishing. We can see striking typographic similarities with another economic frenzy: the 1870s cattle boom.
By focusing on intergenerational inequalities that will eventually be reversed, we are framing the housing affordability question the wrong way.
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Associate Professor in Urban Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct associate, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, HHAUS Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Law - Housing and Property, University of Galway
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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Lecturer in Typography, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Housing Law, University of Southampton
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Executive Dean, UniSA Business, Adelaide University