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"Housing is expensive in Australia. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Higher
quality, more affordable housing is a matter of policy choice.
A key problem is Australia’s housing market is too skewed towards treating
housing as a financial asset, rather than a basic human need.
There is almost a universal consensus among economists, for example, that
negative gearing favours the interests of investors to the detriment of others,
but both major parties are scared to change the policy.
One way to break the policy stalemate is to consider policies shown to have
worked in other countries. To facilitate this, the Nordic Policy Centre – a
collaboration between The Australia Institute and Deakin University – has
published an overview of housing and homelessness policies in Sweden, Norway,
Denmark and Finland.
Of particular note among the wide range of housing policies in these nations is
the prominence of housing co-operatives, which assist both renters and those
wanting to own a secure, high-quality home."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
