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Extreme conditions for renters described as 'needle in a haystack type stuff' as housing crisis deepens (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm sure if we keep voting for the Libor and Laberal parties they will eventually fix it right?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Definitely keep bringing in 300k people a year, while building fewer dwellings than the existing population require, and definitely continue incentivising them to be built either a) where nobody wants to live or b) of such a low quality you're forced to take option a.

All guaranteed to improve housing affordability and security for decades and decades and decades and decades.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

This just seems like a thinly veiled attack on immigration honestly. I’d way rather see reforms on absentee foreign ownership of residential property, on Australian owners with more than one property leaving any vacant, and on negative gearing.

There were also 300k babies born in 2022, didn’t hear you say people should stop having kids.

Edit: As well, 220k people migrated away from Australia and 190k people died. It’s really easy to make one number seem like the problem, but there’s a bigger picture you’re omitting.

[+] [email protected] -7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Get fucked Karen. Not every complaint involving immigration is racism...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Actually you sound more like a Karen. Care to explain how your comment is any different from a "Fuck Off We're Full!" sticker?

As @[email protected] stated, immigration is not the only factor driving population growth and the housing crisis. Instead of attempting to lower demand, shouldn't we be rapidly increasing supply?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, replying "Get fucked" to a response that brings up a lot of good counter-arguments to your original point will certainly make it look like you were bringing up immigration in good-faith.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I’m not sure where in my comment you think I called you racist mate. A huge chunk of our immigration is from New Zealand & the UK anyway. Do the math, our population would be shrinking without it.

Like other people have said, why not focus on supply instead? We should implement an aggressive property rates regime on unoccupied homes. The National Rental Affordability Scheme is coming to an end in 2 years time, but it could be re-funded with that money. As well as fast-tracking social housing projects.

An outright ban on absentee foreign ownership of residential property would also probably help supply a lot. It’s ridiculous that someone who doesn’t have a right to live in Australia, can still own a home here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

@WhatAmLemmy @Longmactoppedup

Housing supply has outpaced population for over a decade.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2023/dec/12/australia-immigration-data-spike-migration-rate-housing-prices