Opposition Leader Peter Dutton might have done us a favour, makes Labor's case that tax breaks for landlords ought to be restricted to those who build homes.
As part of his budget reply speech on Thursday night he promised to stop foreigners buying existing Australian homes.
He didn't only want to stop foreigners buying existing homes to live in, something they are able to do while here temporarily, as long as they they sell within three months of moving out.
He also wanted to stop them buying existing Australian homes to let to renters. He wanted to stop them being landlords. Not because landlords deprive us of homes to live in (they don't) but because they deprive us of homes to own.
How To Start Strengthening Your Town With Incremental Development
Will Gardner May 6, 2024
"...And incremental doesn’t have to mean slow. Incremental growth is potentially the fastest way to grow housing stock, revitalize downtown areas and fill town coffers. Large greenfield projects, despite their promise of hundreds or thousands of housing units, take years of work to come to fruition — usually with large political fights along the way. These are large, often long-shot bets that may not come through... Conversely, small infill projects can be initiated in a matter of weeks and months. As these projects happen, they attract further attention and resources to the town and create momentum for growth..."
Small infill includes accessory dwelling units, too - so called "granny flats" and remodeled garages or outbuildings. These could easily create a lot of new affordable housing.
“Providing housing would be the best way possible and this is the cheapest way that we can afford to build one,” said Lacasse, a group member of United Front to End Homelessness.
The structures are entirely made out of sand bags.
“The sand bag houses that are being built are fire resistant, properly ventilated and easy to heat,” said Wren Wombwell, a member of Fight Back KW.
Just how badly does Canada need to increase its home building pace, vs the early 2000s?
“When CIBC economist Benjamin Tal updated the CMHC estimate earlier this year, to account for recent unprecedented population growth because of immigration, he pegged the shortfall at closer to seven million homes.
If that’s true, then getting to housing affordability doesn’t just mean a doubling of the pace of home building. It would take a quadrupling.”
The latest by @dariaphoebe and I for #Providence Journal about why building infrastructure for safe, efficient non-car transportation is not a nice-to-have, but a must-have for building the density we need to combat the #housingcrisis.
Although there are now no simple solutions, the #housingcrisis in #Australia can be traced back to a handful of catastrophic policy choices made by #JohnHoward and recommended by his friends.
I was disappointed to find out that the new rental housing being built here - won't actually be affordable enough for former tenants of the demolished homes that used to sit on this lot. Several low income, multi-suites rental homes were demolished last year & this year. We are in desperate need of truly affordable housing for low income & marginalized families in #Saanich & #VictoriaBC.
@fifilamoura Exactly. We need a lot more housing for families here. I know some low income families who have been living out of motels because they can't find anything affordable for longterm rental housing. And they're the lucky ones - with jobs & enough funds to live out of motels for over a year.
Let’s be frank, ‘Property’ in Australia - Residential and commercial - really needs to be scrutinised with a fine comb. The number of derelict or abandoned properties and the impact this has on local communities is too big to ignore.
There maybe some innocent landowners/rental occupants who may find themselves confronted with squatting, but generally squatting is just a liberal-democratically recognised concept that places pressure on responsible ownership. Particularly those with massive property portfolios.