Time to rethink the Great Australian Dream

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Election 2019 | The central goals of housing policy have been lost in debates about tax breaks for landlords

Peter Clarke, Wendy Stone and Peter Mares 30 April 2019 59 words

Mortgage belt: the Australian tax system encourages overinvestment in certain kinds of housing. jandrielombard/iStockphoto

Homelessness is entrenched and many Australians face overwhelming housing costs, yet housing policy has slipped off the political agenda. In this discussion with Peter Clarke, housing specialists Wendy Stone and Peter Mares trace the rise and fall of housing policy in Australia, and how the right to adequate, affordable housing can be brought back to the centre of policymaking.

Peter Clarke is a Melbourne-based webcaster, writer and educator who has taught at RMIT, Swinburne and Melbourne universities. Wendy Stone is Director of the AHURI Research Centre—Swinburne University of Technology. Peter Mares is contributing editor of Inside Story, a senior moderator with the Cranlana Programme for ethical leadership and an adjunct fellow at the Swinburne Centre for Urban Transitions.

Topics: cities | housing | inequality | podcast