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I got my rental increase notice just before Christmas. In February the rent will increase by 35%. Ouch.
So I count myself among the millions of Austalians deeply interested in what the Albanese government does in 2023 to tackle the worsening housing affordability crisis.
Its success will shape its legacy as a Labor government. As the Grattan Institute’s Brendan Coates and Joey Moloney write today: “If we want to address inequality, we will have to fix housing.”
Their research shows that while average full-time earnings have doubled over the past half-century, home prices have quadrupled. This has contributed to the wealth of high-income households increasing by more than 50% over the past two decades, while the wealth of low-income households, mostly renters, grew by less than 10%.
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Tim Wallace
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Brendan Coates, Grattan Institute; Joey Moloney, Grattan Institute
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