We are on the brink of a global run on Commercial Real Estate as interest rates continue to rise, predicts @AnnPettifor at closing plenary of Progressive Economy Forum PEGFA University of Greenwich #pef23 conference. She's been right before.

This week Stephen Donnelly is joined by McKell Institute’s Rebecca Thistleton & PER CAPITA ‘s Matt Lloyd-Cape to break down Australia’s ongoing housing crisis. Listen Socially Democratic on Apple Podcasts or Spotify: linktr.ee/dunn_street #housing #airbnb #renting #auspol

That moment for women’s sport ❤️⚽️👑🦘

National Cabinet has just announced a 9-point 'Better Deal for Renters'. Let's see how the deal stacks up. 🧵

TWTR is… Regulating rentals in Australia: what works? ➡️ apo.org.au/node/323912 “Govts must overhaul rental regulations to give more power to tenants, & reform planning systems to provide more affordable & appropriate housing". Centre for Equitable Housing PER CAPITA

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Today's national accounts suggest household income in Australia is about where it's been since 2010. The Covid stimulus blip is gone. This is in spite of increased work hours and lower unemployment.

Class(room) warfare

Governments persist in drinking the private sector housing supply coolaid. The only time low income households have been affordably housed was when we built enough social housing. We need a new era of government building to fix the housing crisis insidestory.org.au/flawed-foundat…

New report on federal housing spending out today! we show how spending has shifted from providing low income housing to a massive outlay for investors. this has skewed distribution from largely progressive to the already wealthy centreforequitablehousing.org.au/our_work/on-wh…

Treasury now estimates that we'll be spending almost the same amount on negative gearing as we spend on state schools ($29 billion). NG on property is a totally reckless, unsustainable and deeply regressive economic policy failure #auspol #ausecon theage.com.au/politics/feder…

A reminder that AHURI research led by Julie Lawson found that a $5.3bn annual investment over 20 years would fund $100bn of social housing (700,000 dwellings) and eliminate the public housing waiting list. Easily done by abolishing negative gearing and CGT discount.

Glass ceilings: gendered inequality in the housing system This paper by the Centre for Equitable Housing explores some of the gendered inequalities within the housing system, based on data from the Australian Housing Monitor. apo.org.au/node/323221

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