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housing
National Affairs
Housing taxes: getting from here to there
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
Does public housing have a community-run future?
Peter Mares
30 November 2017
Projects in Australia and Britain are showing how social housing can be more nimble and responsive
Essays & Reportage
Rush to judgement
Bronwyn Adcock
17 August 2017
Battle lines are drawn in Nowra over the complex causes of homelessness
National Affairs
One census, three stories
Tim Colebatch
5 July 2017
Dig a little deeper, and the figures tell us unexpected things about more than one Australia
National Affairs
Dealing cities in
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
What comes after the housing boom?
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
Another lost opportunity for housing affordability
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
Options for housing affordability: the good, the bad and the cosmetic
Brendan Coates, John Daley & Trent Wiltshire
1 May 2017
Governments are favouring the easy but ineffectual options for reform
National Affairs
Why should we care about housing affordability?
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
“Housing first” takes second place
Lesley Russell
21 March 2017
A promising federal government homelessness strategy dissipated for lack of funding and political will
National Affairs
On negative gearing and negative forecasts
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
The right to be old
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
The housing affordability trap
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
A low-cost way to derail the housing debate
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
Truth and negativity in the negative gearing debate
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
The new urban divide, and how to deal with it
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…
Books & Arts
Australia reconstructs
Hannah Forsyth
15 June 2015
Books
| Stuart Macintyre’s history of Australia in the 1940s is a big book in the best sense
National Affairs
Time to slay some sacred cows
Michael Gill
13 February 2015
Better ways of dealing with the federal budget deficit would also boost growth, argues
Michael Gill
Essays & Reportage
A place to call home
El Gibbs
5 February 2015
In her winning entry for the Gavin Mooney Memorial Essay Competition,
El Gibbs
looks at the link between housing security and mental health
National Affairs
The rising costs of the great Australian dream
Peter Mares
28 August 2013
Without a change in policies, an ageing population is likely to reduce housing affordability and increase inequality, writes
Peter Mares
Essays & Reportage
Is Common Ground a commonsense response to homelessness?
Peter Mares
30 July 2013
In his first stint as prime minister, Kevin Rudd set a target of halving homelessness by 2020. If he is still committed to that goal, then the Common Ground approach might chart a…
National Affairs
Dealing with Australia’s housing pain
Harold Levien
5 July 2013
It’s time for the federal government to take seriously the shortage of affordable housing, writes
Harold Levien
Books & Arts
Why don’t we design better suburbs?
Peter Spearritt
26 February 2013
Peter Spearritt
reviews a new book about the heyday of innovative and egalitarian housing in Australia
Books & Arts
One little piece of earth which is ours
Peter Spearritt
15 October 2012
Does every Australian have a right to decent housing? Governments might say so, but they’re not doing much to make it happen, writes
Peter Spearritt
National Affairs
Tax reform: a world of opportunity
Josh Dowse
28 September 2011
The Henry Report spelt out a series of tax reforms that would increase environmental and social sustainability, writes
Josh Dowse
. It’s great ammunition for a…
Correspondents
Shanghai’s affordability problem
Duncan Hewitt
28 April 2011
Massive rises in the cost of housing are at last being recognised by government, writes
Duncan Hewitt
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