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In the end, this scheme did deliver on some of its key promises. But it is surprising governments haven’t taken note of its shortcomings and replaced it with something even more effective.
If signed into law, the legislation would be the first major housing bill to pass in decades.
With teacher shortages mounting and housing costs soaring, school districts from California to Ohio are experimenting with a new solution: building homes for educators on school-owned land.
For residents who can’t afford to move, rising lot rents can mean losing everything.
Governments’ policy inaction and complacency bear much of the blame for the lack of affordable housing. But a new report detects signs of hope in Queensland.
The Federal Reserve doesn’t appear eager to cut rates.
The five international models we examined would have prevented excessive rent increases and helped many renters stay in their homes.
We found people who own their home outright were 1.5 times as likely to be highly satisfied with life as renters. But it can be a different story if you have a mortgage – especially if you’re 50-plus.
Grattan Institute calculations suggest that the 200,000 homes the state and territory leaders have agreed to build over five years will result in billions in savings for renters.
Small suburbs have a track record of blocking new housing. Two urban policy experts explain why that’s a problem and what metro areas could do about it.
Brisbane rents are up nearly 50% more than the national average and homelessness in Queensland is increasing at the fastest rate in the country. The state can take several steps to turn things around.
High home prices are boosting inheritances, meaning positions in society increasingly owe more to which family you’re born into than to talent or hard work. But there are solutions.
For homebuyers, there’s no interest rate relief in sight just yet. Here’s why.
Inflation remained near a 40-year high due to a jump in the cost of food and shelter. But that might not mean the Federal Reserve will get more aggressive when it comes to monetary policy.
The pledge to build 30,000 homes over the next five years exposes the government’s inaction, but it’s still only a fraction of the number Australians need.
Analysis of online listings on common online platforms shows even modest reductions in Airbnb listings increased supply of longer-term rentals. The result was lower local rents.
Of the students with jobs, 60% lost them and and two-thirds of the rest had hours cut. As they struggled, and often failed, to get rents and tuition fees reduced, precarious lives became even harder.
Once rent is paid, having to live on only $14 a day doesn’t cover the costs of job seeking. The evidence of the need to increase Newstart and Rent Allowance is overwhelming.
The government has had to rethink its roll-out of Universal Credit – but small tweaks to the system won’t prevent people on housing benefit from being evicted.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning, University of Kansas
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Deputy Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Emeritus Professor of Urban Policy, The New School
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Research Associate, Centre for People, Organisation and Work, RMIT University
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Research Fellow, Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield
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Research Fellow, School of Communication, Society & Culture, Macquarie University
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PhD candidate, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Curtin University
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Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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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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Professor of Sociology, Macquarie University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Macquarie University
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Research Assistant, University of Sydney