The Great Housing Hijack

Publisher’s description:
Everyone claims to want affordable housing, but no one wants cheap housing. While Australians on regular incomes dream of lower rents and prices, the housing policy debate has been hijacked, sailing further away from workable solutions.

Leading economics commentator Cameron Murray reveals how property insiders shape the housing market and its policy settings. He explains what property developers really mean when they call for more supply in order to provide affordable housing. He shows why landlords and the real estate industry resist rent controls and why the tax and first home buyer policies of the main political parties achieve little for first home buyers. The hoaxes created by the Housing Cheer Squad hide the brutal truth: for every winner in the property market, there is a loser.

Longlisted for the 2024 Australian Political Book of the Year Award

Author: Cameron Murray

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback

Pages: 336

Published: 27 February 2024

ISBN: 9781761470851