Housing experts writing for The Conversation largely agree on the government policies that are causing negative distortions in the market and the wider economy. And supply is not the key concern.
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The symptoms are clear, but the cure will remain elusive until we recognise the many sources of the problem.
The housing supply solution our leaders are advocating will only work if affordability is simply a problem of supply. In fact, Australia is almost a world leader in rates of new housing production.
Weak state policies, which lack clear targets and mechanisms for providing more and better affordable housing, are part of the problem. Victoria still doesn’t have an affordable housing strategy.
It’s not in developers’ interests to flood the market with new housing – so will the government step in?
Research suggests how your online friends experienced the housing collapse affected how you perceived your local real estate market.
Building better, inclusive cities involves enabling the wise use of public land and taxes to ensure that high-quality housing and amenities are provided for all at a lower cost.
What happens when you find yourself homeless in the countryside?
What if there was a middle option between retention and abolition that made negative gearing work better? There are multiple ways to improve accountability for this $8 billion-a-year tax concession.
The Hollywood flick recalls subprime’s role in the 2008 financial crisis, but, by helping more low-income households buy a home, the loans can help ease the affordability crisis and homelessness.
It’s worth preserving Britain’s brutalist buildings for two key reasons: heritage, and money.
In a competitive rental market, landlords can easily skirt anti-discrimination laws.
Perhaps the “art” label designates Assemble and the Granby project as outsiders, unique, creating something that can’t be replicated.
About a quarter of all renters are spending at least half of their income on housing, and the situation is projected to get much worse over the next decade.
As Glasgow’s most famous tower blocks are razed, we’re again being asked to celebrate destruction of old notions of housing provision. We should treat it as a different opportunity entirely.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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Associate Professor & Global Challenge Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University; University of British Columbia
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Associate Profesor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Public Policy, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, HHAUS Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Sociology cross-listed in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University
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Alan Morris is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Executive Dean, UniSA Business, Adelaide University
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Visiting professor, Harvard University
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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Research associate, The University of Melbourne