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National Affairs Peter Mares 7 June 2019 Part of Labor’s housing strategy could be adapted to lift affordability, and might just appeal to the government
National Affairs Tim Colebatch 24 May 2019 The government must make clear that it doesn’t want any more booms National Affairs Tim Colebatch 14 May 2019 Election 2019 | Two parties, three promises, three problems Podcasts Peter Clarke, Wendy Stone and Peter Mares 30 April 2019 Election 2019 | The central goals of housing policy have been lost in debates about tax breaks for landlords National Affairs Carmela Chivers 20 March 2019 We’re doing better than many comparable countries, but that’s not enough
Books & Arts Brendan Coates 11 February 2019 Books | A blind spot among economists has helped price housing out of reach
National Affairs Peter Mares 18 September 2018 Carolyn rented, Peter purchased, and then the market (and bad policies) took over National Affairs Peter Mares 7 September 2018 Finland’s Housing First strategy has all but eradicated homelessness. Could the same approach work in Australia?   National Affairs Tim Colebatch 23 February 2018 The International Monetary Fund gets some things right and some things wrong — but you wouldn’t necessarily know which from the coverage it’s had National Affairs Brendan Coates & Trent Wiltshire 22 February 2018 Flawed research has fuelled a mistaken view of the best way to assist less well-off households
Essays & Reportage Peter Mares 22 January 2018 Youth homelessness is more than a question of affordable accommodation. A new project shows how music can play an unexpected role
National Affairs Michael Dillon 18 January 2018 The federal government’s bargaining position will worsen the shortage of homes in remote communities National Affairs Brendan Coates 12 January 2018 Treasury’s advice on negative gearing shows why tax reforms alone won’t solve the housing affordability crisis National Affairs Peter Mares 6 December 2017 Canada is showing the way, but the funds need to start flowing — and that means biting the bullet on tax National Affairs Peter Mares 4 December 2017 A shift to a property tax will make the housing market fairer and more efficient, and researchers have come up with a practical way to do it
National Affairs Peter Mares 30 November 2017 Projects in Australia and Britain are showing how social housing can be more nimble and responsive
Essays & Reportage Bronwyn Adcock 17 August 2017 Battle lines are drawn in Nowra over the complex causes of homelessness National Affairs Tim Colebatch 5 July 2017 Dig a little deeper, and the figures tell us unexpected things about more than one Australia National Affairs Peter Mares 3 July 2017 Malcolm Turnbull’s efforts to bring the federal government back into urban policy will be put to the test in Western Sydney National Affairs Brendan Coates, John Daley & Trent Wiltshire 29 May 2017 It’s not so much the banks’ balance sheets we should be worried about, it’s the economy-wide impact of much larger household debts
National Affairs Brendan Coates & John Daley 10 May 2017 The budget highlights the government’s preference for cosmetic rather than consequential changes in housing policy
National Affairs Brendan Coates, John Daley & Trent Wiltshire 1 May 2017 Governments are favouring the easy but ineffectual options for reform National Affairs Brendan Coates, John Daley & Trent Wiltshire 27 April 2017 In the first of two articles, the Grattan Institute describes the profound effects of housing costs across the economy. National Affairs Lesley Russell 21 March 2017 A promising federal government homelessness strategy dissipated for lack of funding and political will National Affairs Tim Colebatch 25 June 2016 The impact of the Reagan administration’s decision to abolish negative gearing shows how misconceived Australia’s debate has been, writes Tim Colebatch
Essays & Reportage Melanie Joosten 17 June 2016 Ageing needs to be treated as a state of living rather than failing, argues Melanie Joosten in this extract from her new book
National Affairs Saul Eslake 12 May 2016 Falling home ownership rates are bad for households and bad for the economy, writes Saul Eslake. Governments are starting to respond, but much more can be done National Affairs John Daley and Danielle Wood 3 March 2016 A new report on negative gearing rests on deeply flawed assumptions, write John Daley and Danielle Wood. But that hasn’t stopped the government from using… National Affairs Tim Colebatch 25 February 2016 It’s not too late for Malcolm Turnbull to regain some of the ground he’s lost on tax, says Tim Colebatch. Labor’s plan shows why he can’t afford… National Affairs Jane-Frances Kelly & Paul Donegan 29 September 2015 State and local governments need to break down the emerging division between job-rich and job-poor suburbs in Australia’s major cities, write Jane-Frances Kelly and…