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More affordable housing with less homelessness is possible – if only Australia would learn from Nordic nations

  • Written by Andrew Scott, Professor of Politics and Policy, Deakin University
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Housing is expensive in Australia. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Higher quality, more affordable housing is a matter of policy choice.

A key problem is Australia’s housing market is too skewed towards treating housing as a financial asset, rather than a basic human need.

There is almost a universal consensus among...

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