Empty Homes

How tax can curb property speculation to boost housing supply and affordability.

Tax Shift

We need tax reform for a fair and future-ready economy.

Property Tax Reform

It’s time to swap stamp duty for land tax and reduce the barriers to home ownership.

Income tax reform

Removing the barriers to productivity

Our latest Research

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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