3 July 2024
The 2024-25 Federal budget, delivered on 14 May 2024 included a $6.2 billion package of initiatives to increase the supply of houses, fund more social housing, better support renters and provide a pathway to home ownership.
Can the initiatives address the problem of housing affordability in Australia?
Topics discussed included:
- Housing affordability and supply factors
- If Government assistance can improve housing affordability and accessibility
- The broader issue of homelessness and social housing reform
The following four speakers presented at the forum to address these questions:
- Mr Nicholas Howie, Assistant Secretary of Housing Strategy Branch, Australian Government Department of The Treasury
- Associate Professor Viet Nguyen, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, the University of Melbourne “Housing cycles and housing affordability”
- Associate Professor Jason Nassios, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University “An impossible triangle: Can government assistance improve housing affordability and accessibility, and economic efficiency?”
- Professor Guyonne Kalb, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, the University of Melbourne “The role of social housing”