A levy on short-term rental accommodation is being considered by the government,but regional property owners say any broad-based levy would kill tourism.
Politicians in strife,desperate to save their backsides,have often reached for dog whistles. But these days it’s a loudhailer.
Merri-bek council says that what the state government is spruiking as affordable housing for the former Coburg TAFE site is no different to what’s already on offer in Melbourne’s north.
Stuart Ayres has unleashed on his former colleagues on Wednesday over an attempt to kill off the government’s signature housing policy.
The state’s peak social service body suggests there is more Labor could be doing to ease housing pressures – and turns the spotlight on the LNP.
But the government says most of the costs associated with proposed rental standards will be offset by savings from more-energy-efficient homes.
The plan is clear:the city’s west will keep expanding,but now the east and north must too. Above all,the housing must be delivered.
There are nearly 2000 homes approved in Perth that have not yet been started,which experts say is an abnormal lag – but there are signs the backlog may soon ease.
One property analyst says the rental crisis is largely the fault of rising taxes combined with failed government policies and interference in the free market.
A new report also shows the state has only added about 300 new public homes in the past eight years.
The premier found a silver lining as he fronted a property sector lunch to spruik Labor’s housing plans in the Sunshine State.