Queensland building industry set for bumper year on record approvals
The Master Builders Queensland's latest 'Building industry outlook 2017' report shows the industry is set for a bumper 2017, on the back of record high building approvals and a strong pipeline of work.
Housing affordability is becoming a "moral issue" that the government must tackle with a complete and apolitical debate that includes negative gearing, say growing numbers of the coalition.
LJ Hooker identifies the construction of more affordable housing, the removal of stamp duty, and decentralisation of government are three measures government can take to address the deterioration in housing affordability.
Demographia report links lack of affordable housing to rise of populism
Oliver Hartwich, executive director of The New Zealand Initiative, has written in this year's Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey that a lack of affordable housing is creating a social divide that is contributing to the rise of populism around the world.