New report – Housing: Taming the Elephant in the Economy
A new report recommends immediate institutional reform to stabilise Australia’s dysfunctional housing market.
A new report recommends immediate institutional reform to stabilise Australia’s dysfunctional housing market.
Research that reviews what the likely effects of sustained high and increasing rents in Australia will be on an economy, and stresses potential productivity effects.
Professor Duncan Maclennan, Policy Scotland associate, has modelled how housing outcomes impact economic growth and productivity, making the case for housing construction to be classed as infrastructure investment, akin to investment in transport links, water and communications.