There is further evidence Australia's ongoing housing crisis is deepening as the national vacancy rate hits a record low of 0.7 per cent, according to Domain.

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

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
    87·
    9 months ago

    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.

    • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      196·
      9 months ago

      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.

        • BadlyDrawnRhino
          91·
          9 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.

        • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          4·
          9 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.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        317·
        9 months ago

        Gosh, we can’t say a word about immigration around here. FAKE NEWS! Right? Because it’s a GOP talking point, we’ll pretend nothing is happening.

        The reality is that loads of people are coming to the US, legally and illegally.

        From the CBO:

        https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59697

        From the Border Patrol:

        https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters

        EDIT: Apologies. Apparently I’m so steeped in the US migrant thing I assumed wrongly.