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Sarah Toohey
Campaign Manager, Australians for Affordable Housing
I heard on the radio this morning that the state government will discontinue the first home buyers grant. Some economists have argued that these grants haven't actually made housing more affordable, and have only inflated prices. This and the impact of negative gearing in rental properties makes it almost impossible for people like me to get into the housing market.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ross, for your comment. Hope all is well with you. I have heard reports that there were a lot of rorts around the first home owner grants such as families lining up eligible children buying a home ... which really was an investment property.
ReplyDeleteIn the 21st Century, one would think that with lawyers, economists, sociologists etc available to government, a rort-free housing assistance program could be devised that would provide positive benefits and impacts.
Taxation experts can explain why negative gearing is a bad idea - but I think the politics of getting rid of it is so hard, too hard. As well, governments have tried to rely on negative gearing to fix problems in the housing market due lack of investment in public/social housing.
Seems to me that governments of all political persuasions are reluctant to provide real and effective funding for anything with the word 'public' in front of it i.e. housing, transport, health, education, income support etc. There also doesn't seem to be - amongst all the consumer greed and get rich quick schemes - much of a grassroots political push for a fairer and equitable society.
Now after that rant, I want to tell you about a research program being run out of Swinburne. It is for women who think they will grow old without owning their own home. The Salvation Army has been involved in supporting and publicising the research. It is titled "No home at the end of the road". It is an interesting research subject but outcomes won't become apparent for quite a while.
But there are men out there just as affected as women ... although probably the number of single women raising children is higher than the number of single men raising children.
Perhaps you might like to give the researchers at Swinburne a call and see what comes from that. Perhaps, you might be able to start a ball or two rolling for men. A great social justice project!
Forgot to include a link to the research at Swinburne. Here it is:
ReplyDeletehttp://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository?query=women+housing&x=34&y=9