Unpacking the housing crisis in Australia

Jacques talks about what is happening with housing in Australia.Talking about a housing 'crisis' makes it sound as if there are times when things are 'normal' in the area of housing in Australia... but really, homelessness and unaffordability of housing have been with us for the last five decades, homelessness probably even for longer....Leaving the price of shelter to the market will necessarily lead to both homelessness and to unaffordable housing for an ever larger number of people - and neoliberalism certainly has driven that process to its present day excesses.Jacques looks at different types of housing in Australia,  - but can there be solutions as long as shelter is treated as as an income-generating, capitalist asset, rather than a place to live?Referenceshttps://apo.org.au/node/323124?utm_source=APO+Subscribers&utm_campaign=99d44fbbd3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_06_18_11_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-99d44fbbd3-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=99d44fbbd3&mc_eid=0b782f7d45The Australia Institute (https://australiainstitute.org.au/) and Per Capita (https://percapita.org.au/) are probably the only exceptions to the conceptual ‘stuckness’ of other so-called Think Tanks… and Michael Pascoe and Alan Kohler in the New Daily (https://thenewdaily.com.au/) fearlessly calling out the obstinate merry-go-round…Ross Gittins in the Saturday Age (17/09/22) Housing Dream has become a NightmareRoss Gittins in the Saturday Age (03/06/23) Try building where we want to live