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Speculative Vacancies Report 11
Our latest Speculative Vacancies report examines the extent of unoccupied housing in Melbourne and what it reveals about land and housing markets.
Buying better income taxes with land taxes
Tax reform is more than changing income tax rates, it’s about shifting taxes off income altogether. This report explores one of the most recommended reforms.
Melbourne’s pandemic rental dynamics: an (un)natural experiment in excess supply
Melbourne’s pandemic experience presents an ideal natural experiment for what might happen if we ‘flooded the market’ with additional housing.
Staged Releases: Peering Behind the Land Supply Curtain
In this report we ask whether the private choices of property owners to supply new housing according to market conditions works against the stated public policy outcome of supply-driven affordability through rezoning.
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What do land tax, Monopoly, and Australia have in common?
The following opinion piece was written by Gareth Hutchens and published in the ABC on Sunday 31st March, 2024. It is reproduced here with permission. This piece of writing was part of a 3-part series, awarded the 2024 E.J. Craigie Writing Award.
Brisbane: Value capture and affordable housing: economic lessons from Singapore
Join us for a seminar and discussion with one of Singapore’s leading urban economists, Professor Sock-Yong Phang.
Prosper Australia in conjunction with the Cities ...
133rd Annual Henry George Commemorative Dinner and Address
Join us for a night of intellectual discourse and celebration at the 133rd Annual Henry George Dinner and Address, to be held on Thursday, August 15th, 2024, at The Kelvin ...
Report: 100,000 vacant homes in Melbourne
2024 Speculative Vacancies report release shows 5.2% of Melbourne’s homes lie vacant.
Prosper Australia’s 11th Speculative Vacancy report, examining water meter data, today ...
Submission to the Inquiry into Local Government funding and services (Victoria)
Prosper Australia is an economic research organisation founded in the Georgist tradition of political philosophy. Our work centres on the monopolistic nature of land and how ...
Budget ’24: Australia Needs a Tax Shift
Prosper Australia condemns the latest Federal Budget as a missed opportunity for much-needed tax reform.
Helping families an empty promise for Victorians on public housing waiting lists – and Victorian businesses are paying the price.
Prosper Australia today declared its disappointment at the state budget inaction on housing and tax reform.
“The Housing Statement declared a goal of 800,000 new homes ...
Supply targets alone won’t solve the problem
Supply targets alone won’t solve the problem - we need redistribution and tax reform
Prosper Australia today condemned the punitive approach taken by the Allan government ...
Transcript: Value Capture and Affordable Housing: Insights from Singapore
September 10, 2024