by Tim Helm | Jul 13, 2024 | Campaigns, Commentary, Press Releases
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 revealed startling statistics on the extent of unoccupied housing in Melbourne that illustrate...
by Tim Helm | Jun 1, 2024 | Commentary, Submission
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 it shapes our economy and society. We have a long history of research into property taxation...
by Tim Helm | Jul 26, 2023 | Submission
Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee 7 July 2023 Thank you for the opportunity to submit to the Legal and Social Issues Committee’s inquiry into rental and housing affordability. Prosper Australia is an independent research institute formed over 100...
by Tim Helm | Jul 24, 2023 | Progress Magazine
A summary of recent research Speculation: it’s a Georgist obsession shared by few others. Landbanking, flipping, vacancy, delayed development, staged releases – how does any of this matter? Speculative behaviour tells of the market at work, allocating capital and...