Big Ideas

The draft NUP leaves much to be desired. It reads like an umbrella policy, canvassing a wide variety of themes, including housing, transport, safety, clean energy and climate change.

The 2024 Federal Budget is an optimistic document. It makes a lot of promises that likely won’t be achieved and makes several moves that could have potentially devastating flow on effects. Here are four notable issues with the Budget.

The newly formed National Housing Supply and Affordability Council (NHSAC) has released its first report titled State of the Housing System 2024.  Like it’s predecessor’s reports, it aims to provide detailed insights into key housing supply issues and policy options.  With housing affordability centre stage, its release is welcome, along with the debate it will

The 2023 State of the Nation’s Housing Report indicates more than 1.8 million new households are expected to form across Australia from 2023 to 2033, taking total households to 12.6 million, up from 10.7 million in 2022.

The concept of housing affordability was not officially defined in Victorian State planning policy or legislation until 2018. 

There are several definitions of affordable housing and in many instances they are unclear and commonly misunderstood.

The superannuation industry holds a significant position in the national economic and investment landscape, with the potential to transform housing supply.

We ask the questions: should deposits for first home buyers be set at a more modest rate of say 5 per cent, with banks paying Lenders Mortgage Insurance?  Should a discounted interest rate be offered, like 1 per cent over the cash rate for the first 5 years? Should first home mortgages be tax deductible?

An urgent increase in the supply of land for residential development is needed.