Increasing Housing Demand Won’t Solve Affordability

Increasing Housing Demand Won’t Solve Affordability
A general view of homes in McMahons Point in Sydney, Australia, on May 5, 2022. Brendon Thorne/Getty Images
Sebastian Tofts-Len
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Over the past decade in Australia, we have had a series of governments delivering disappointing policies. Unfortunately, I expect this disappointment will continue with the new Labor government. One case in point: their housing policy was announced during the most recent election campaign.

Sebastian Tofts-Len
Sebastian Tofts-Len
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Sebastian Tofts-Len is an economics graduate and research assistant at Curtin University, Australia.
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