Generation Rent may force a complete rethinking of home ownership as a basis of our housing systems. Rather than representing security, these housing markets make us vulnerable.
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People who engage in rent-to-buy schemes might not be protected under law and are often left in unaffordable situations.
Without long-term solutions to the imbalance between incomes and house prices, Gen Ys face a lifetime of renting without the financial and emotional security of home ownership.
Allowing first home buyers to tap their super would worsen housing affordability, leave many people with less to retire on, and cost taxpayers in the long run.
The issues keeping those on low incomes out of the housing market are only getting worse over time.
Real estate is favourably taxed in Australia, and it will continue to bite the housing market unless there is serious reform.
Australia’s retirement income system is unsustainable, and there seems little political appetite to tackle the big issues.
New South Wales is Australia’s most populous state, with the most expensive capital city – yet it’s done less than many other states to develop cost-effective options for aspiring home owners.
Independent Australian Senator Nick Xenophon is planning a legislative push for first home buyers to be able to access their superannuation savings to pay for a house deposit, mirroring a similar policy…
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ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University
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