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Expensive Housing Turning Australia Into A Nation of Renters
Expensive Housing Turning Australia Into A Nation of Renters
4/03/13 5:11 AM
Housing tenure has changed significantly in the decade with fewer of the young and middle aged owning a home and altogether fewer people owning outright. Photo: Glenn Hunt Robert Harley Australians are headed to be a nation of renters, living increasingly in apartments, and, for the poor, crammed into more crowded homes. On Friday the federal governments independent adviser on housing, the National Housing Supply Council, released a major report warning of the long term consequences of constricted new supply and low affordability. NHSC chairman Owen Donald said current supply was below the level that would support the traditional style and ownership of Australian housing. The shortage is likely to be felt by the more vulnerable in our population, such as would be buyers with low and insecure incomes, those at the lower end of the rental market and those dependent on government income support payments, he said.
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4/03/13 5:11 AM
But the executive director of the Residential Development Council, Caryn Kakas, said more needed to be done. The industry again urges all levels of government to implement much needed regulatory reforms and remove impediments to the delivery of much needed new affordable housing, she said. The chairman of National Shelter, Adrian Pisarski, said Australians were changing housing choice due to the lack of affordable options. This is a reminder that affordable housing needs to be a priority, he said.
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