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Don't tear it down: the idea behind Labor's National Rental Affordability Scheme is worth saving

  • Written by Marcus Luigi Spiller, Associate Professor (Urban Planning) - honorary , University of Melbourne
Don't tear it down: the idea behind Labor's National Rental Affordability Scheme is worth savingThe Grattan Institute has condemned the National Rental Affordability Scheme as a $1 billion windfall to developers.www.shutterstock.com

Labor’s Rudd-era National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) has come under attack just when it might be needed.

The Abbott government stopped funding new deals under the scheme in 2014, but existing...

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