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Sensible reform to finance affordable housing deserves cross-party support

2 Feb 2017

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Julie Lawson

The Conversation

Treasurer Scott Morrison’s visit to cold old London last week in the middle of the Australia summer was time well spent. Morrison made time in his hectic schedule for a lengthy meeting with the UK’s Housing Finance Corporation (THFC) to discuss an affordable housing financial...

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Community sector offers a solid platform for fair social housing

4 Jul 2017

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Terry Burke

The Conversation

If one is really interested in providing more housing for people on low to moderate incomes, the community sector is the way to go – not public housing, argues Terry Burke.

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Australia needs to triple its social housing by 2036. This is the best way to do it

15 Nov 2018

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Julie Lawson, Hal Pawson, Laurence Troy, Ryan van den Nouwelant

The Conversation

A tenfold increase in building is needed to overcome the current social housing shortfall and cover projected growth in need. It can be done, and direct public investment is the cheapest way.

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Growing numbers of renters are trapped for years in homes they can’t afford

21 Oct 2019

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The Conversation

New evidence from the Productivity Commission shows almost half of “rent-burdened” private tenants are likely to remain stuck in this situation for at least half a decade.