An article summarising the National Housing Conference in Sydney yesterday called for all the usual policy reforms: cull negative gearing & First Home Owners Grants, reform capital gains tax and rent assistance. ‘These are measures that add to demand for…
Tim Colebatch’s interesting article today on Investors’ Housing Splurge shows how dominant the speculative dollar is over the genuine developer’s dollar. Colebatch says “Only one in every 12 dollars lent to investors was used to build something.” This must arouse…
Can you believe that Moscow now has the world’s most expensive real estate? Georgists can challenge themselves to read between the lines: Russia’s great leap forward into a world that few can afford The article provides a prompt on how…
Leading Georgist author Fred Harrison was interviewed on 3CR’s Renegade Economists radio show on Wed Jan 30th. The discussion was so good we had to get it online. Download it here (MP3, 16.54 min, 15.5 MB) Fred systematically explains why…
Tune in today to the Renegade Economists on 3CR from 5 – 6pm Wednesdays. Hosts Karl Fitzgerald & Rayna Fahey will interview David Bollier, acclaimed author and editor of www.onthecommons.org. He will discuss how the ‘commons’ movement is developing, where…
Finally Victoria’s Churches are opening up their massive landholdings, seeing land rightfully as a place for homes not speculation. In Churches’ radical plan for cheap rental housing, we hear that Victorian Churches own 2100 properties, some that have been vacant…
Property lobby pushes all the usual red herrings whilst ignoring the speculative causes to affordability pressures. Demographia International’s new report on housing affordability again pushes the “unending sprawl forever” mantra. Report author Wendell Cox rolled out all the usual criticisms…
Read this PBS transcript on Monopoly’s original intention to teach about the dangers of land monopoly. Understand how the world’s most popular boardgame was subverted to teach young people the opposite to the games original intent. It is interesting that…
by Leo Foley The primary source for this paper is “Canberra in Crisis” by Frank Brennan, 1971 The Road to Leasehold – the origins of the Canberra leasehold system.. Canberra is the offspring of politics and a social ideal. The…
Rudd Innovative on Housing Affordability but will it get to the source of the problem? (02/06/07) Opposition Leader Rudd’s innovative move to mimick the low tax rates for super and apply it to First Home Owners Savings is commendable but…