The Great Divide [electronic resource] : Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It
Kohler, Alan2023
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What caused Australia's housing crisis -- and how we might fix itOne of the great mysteries of Australian life is that a land of sweeping plains, with one of the lowest population densities on the planet, has a shortage of land for houses. As a result, Sydney is the second most expensive place to buy a house on Earth, after Hong Kong.The escalation in house prices is a pain that has altered Australian society; it has increased inequality and profoundly changed the relationship between generations -- between those who have a house and those who don't. It has caused a rental crisis, a dearth of public housing and a mortgage crunch.Things went seriously wrong at the start of the twenty-first century, when there was a huge and permanent rise in the price of housing. In this crisp, clarifying and forward-looking essay, Alan Kohler tells the story of how we got into this mess -- and how we might get out of it.
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[Place of publication not identified] : Quarterly Essay, 2023
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Quarterly Essay ; 92
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9781743823347
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English
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462077