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Showing 11 - 20 of 156 results for "Housing affordability"

Aussies need help to navigate the great wealth transfer: Fidelity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... focused on the positives of an inheritance and how this could help younger Australians with issues such as housing affordability. However, it is clear that there are also some concerns," Jackson said. "Our research suggests that most people see an inheritance ...

Dutton doubles down on 'super for housing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... mean home buyers in future would have to pay higher repayments on bigger mortgages for longer, worsening housing affordability and cost-of-living pressures on younger Australians. "And if people retire with less super, that will also push up Age Pension ...

Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... the government needs to focus on achieving a sustainably intergenerational bargain. "Without addressing housing affordability, fiscal pressures and improving productivity growth, Australia risks younger generations being worse off than their parents ...

Most retirees who rent live in poverty: Grattan Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... impact on homelessness than illicit drug use or a history of being in state care. "Without action to tackle housing affordability for poorer Australians, this problem is likely to get worse. Declining rates of homeownership among low-income Australians ...

IFM urges investment in housing, hires former Dexus chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... government and business is typically necessary to address systemic challenges facing economies and communities. Housing affordability is no exception and the right policy settings can deliver strong returns to members and address the housing shortage." ...

Productivity slump threatens asset returns: Shane Oliver

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... has been constrained by a cocktail of factors, including very strong population growth which has led to housing affordability issues, a slowdown in business investment, increased market concentration which has reduced competition, uncertainty around ...

Super for housing debate heats up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... infrastructure projects, and low productivity in the unionised parts of the industry." He said the solution to housing affordability is to facilitate more supply and less immigration, with funds "liberated from superannuation" to ensure that Australians ...

Short-termism damaging Australian economy: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... persistent poverty. This is unacceptable in one of the richest countries in the world on a per capita basis. "Housing affordability has reached crisis point and rates of chronic disease and mental illness are rising." Wilson said there were several opportunities ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... to be "equity providers." "How do you get that risk-return profile to match up when you're looking at housing affordability when you're looking at holding property or land for a long time; that increases the risk when you don't have consistency ...

SMC says 'reckless' plan could cost taxpayers $1tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... growing body of expert evidence showed the policy would not lift home ownership rates but would only make housing affordability worse while eroding retirement savings and leaving all Australians a tax bill. "It's economically reckless. It sets a policy ...