Housing Affordability Royal Commission Needed, Says Australian Senate Candidate Xenophon

Housing Affordability Royal Commission Needed, Says Australian Senate Candidate Xenophon
Nick Xenophon speaks to the press in the Adelaide Hills town of Stirling on July 3, 2016. Brenton Edwards/AFP via Getty Images
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Independent Senate candidate Nick Xenophon has called for a royal commission, Australia’s highest form of public inquiry, into housing affordability, saying the issue has become a “real barbecue stopper.”

Xenophon, who is seeking a return to federal politics by picking up a Senate seat in South Australia, said such an inquiry was the “last best hope” to tackle the increasing unattainability of home ownership.

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