The ‘Politics’ of Australian Housing: The Role of Lobbyists and Their Influence in Shaping Policy

Jacobs, Keith

doi:10.1080/02673037.2014.1000833

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“…Federal and state roles and responsibilities cannot be robustly defined and allocated (Tiernan and Burke ). Jacobs () describes the game as being like ‘pass the parcel’. Because no level of government thinks they can do much about it, they do not want to try.…”

Section: Fixing Australia's Underlying Housing Affordability Problemmentioning

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“…This last point—the role of outside players in influencing policy—provides a final explanation of why little progress has been made. Jacobs () identifies two broad groups outside of government: welfare agencies and industry lobbyists, with the latter being far better‐resourced. This leads to the possibility of policy capture by business leaders.…”

Section: Fixing Australia's Underlying Housing Affordability Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Why Does Australia Have an Affordable Housing Problem and What Can Be Done About It?

Yates¹

2016

Australian Economic Review

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As a result of economic trends in Australia over the past 25 years, a growing proportion of households have faced high housing costs in relation to their income because of a shortage of affordable housing, particularly in areas where there is ready access to well-paid employment. Problems have been particularly severe for lower income renters. This article provides a proposal to address this shortage, based on encouraging institutional financing of affordable rental housing, suggests more controversial policies that might be needed to address underlying causes and identifies a number of reasons why so little progress has been made.

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Section: Fixing Australia's Underlying Housing Affordability Problemmentioning

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Section: Fixing Australia's Underlying Housing Affordability Problemmentioning

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Why Does Australia Have an Affordable Housing Problem and What Can Be Done About It?

Yates¹

2016

Australian Economic Review

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“…The most engaged organisations, and the people leading those organisations, changed more rapidly in Toronto and Melbourne than they did in Vancouver and Portland (Raynor and Whitzman, 2020). A limitation of this approach is that we spoke to housing and planning policy makers rather than treasury officials, who may have had more say in state/provincial policymaking (Jacobs, 2015). services", through "sustained, coordinated action by all levels of government, the private sector and the community" (Victorian State Government, 2017b, p. 157);…”

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Collaborative Governance for Affordable Housing in Toronto and Melbourne

Whitzman

Raynor

Frost³

2020

CPP-APC

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Policy formation and implementation have largely shifted from a top-down government-led process, to a collaborative governance approach characterised by complex and opaque partnerships, weakly steered by the state. We use 36 interviews, undertaken in Toronto and Melbourne between 2015 and 2018, to assess procedural accountability in these two cities: the extent to which policy outputs developed through a partnership approach are fair, transparent, rational, and intentional. We find that both cities fail the basics of procedural accountability, and that there is little shared understanding amongst key partners – local and provincial/state policymakers, non-profit and private sector housing providers, and philanthropic and private sector finance providers – about the definition and missing quantum of affordable housing, let alone a sense of how to move forward.

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“…Structural support for home ownership (along with ownership-investment) continues to be an enduring focus of Australian housing policy (Jacobs 2015). However, in reality, from 2001-10 house prices have increased well above incomes, and for first home buyers mortgage loans and existing home owners have doubled (Rowley and Ong 2012).…”

Section: Housing Affordability Challengesmentioning

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Pathways to state property tax reform

Eccleston¹,

Warren²,

Verdouw³

et al. 2017

AHURI Final Report

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AHURI report 291iii AHURI AHURI is a national independent research network with an expert not-for-profit research management company, AHURI Limited, at its centre.AHURI's mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice change to improve the housing and urban environments of all Australians.Using high quality, independent evidence and through active, managed engagement, AHURI works to inform the policies and practices of governments and the housing and urban development industries, and stimulate debate in the broader Australian community.AHURI undertakes evidence-based policy development on a range of priority policy topics that are of interest to our audience groups, including housing and labour markets, urban growth and renewal, planning and infrastructure development, housing supply and affordability, homelessness, economic productivity, and social cohesion and wellbeing. AcknowledgementsThis material was produced with funding from the Australian Government and state and territory governments. AHURI Limited gratefully acknowledges the financial and other support it has received from these governments, without which this work would not have been possible. AHURI Limited also gratefully acknowledges the contributions, both financial and in-kind, of its university research partners who have helped make the completion of this material possible.The authors would like to thank Tim Lawless, Research Director, Asia Pacific, CoreLogic, for providing access to their data. DisclaimerThe opinions in this report reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of AHURI Limited, its Board, its funding organisations or Inquiry panel members. No responsibility is accepted by AHURI Limited, its Board or funders for the accuracy or omission of any statement, opinion, advice or information in this publication. AHURI journalAHURI Final Report journal series is a refereed series presenting the results of original research to a diverse readership of policy-makers, researchers and practitioners. Peer review statementAn objective assessment of reports published in the AHURI journal series by carefully selected experts in the field ensures that material published is of the highest quality. The AHURI journal series employs a double-blind peer review of the full report, where anonymity is strictly observed between authors and referees. Table 11: Summary of currently applied or proposed land tax reform transition models 38 Table 12: Levels of government imposing recurrent property taxation 43 Table 13: Thresholds ($ value and percentage of median property price) required to achieve revenue neutrality at different rates of transfer duty 55 Table 14: 'Break even' points under new regime-percentage of purchasers paying less and maximum property value below which purchasers would pay less 58 List of tables Executive summaryReforming state and local government taxes that apply to property can contribute to creating a fairer and more sustainable housing syste...

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The ‘Politics’ of Australian Housing: The Role of Lobbyists and Their Influence in Shaping Policy

Cited by 36 publications

References 19 publications

Why Does Australia Have an Affordable Housing Problem and What Can Be Done About It?

Why Does Australia Have an Affordable Housing Problem and What Can Be Done About It?

Collaborative Governance for Affordable Housing in Toronto and Melbourne

Pathways to state property tax reform

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