La Trobe University's Ideas and Society Program is holding a webinar on Friday 8 March 2024 @ 5.00pm-6.30pm on 'How to Fix the Housing Crisis'.
Ideas & Society: How To Fix The Housing Crisis
It is not controversial to claim that one of the most vital obligations of government is to ensure that its people have access to suitable, affordable housing.
There was a time when Australians had reason to be proud of the nation’s housing policies and outcomes. That time has passed.
According to the Convenor of La Trobe University’s Ideas and Society Program, Professor Robert Manne: In recent years both the Commonwealth Government and the governments of the states have failed to meet the housing crisis the nation faces. Why? Practically speaking, what can be done?
We are privileged to have, as members of the panel for this online event, three important contributors to the debate on Australia’s housing crisis and possible solutions.
Alan Kohler is a distinguished economist, very well known as the financial analyst on ABC News, and author of The Quarterly Essay, The Great Divide: Australia’s Housing Mess and How to Fix It.
Maiy Azize is the Spokesperson for Everybody’s Home, a group supported by very many principal social welfare associations. Last year Everybody’s Home published the results of a revealing survey, Brutal Reality: The Human Cost of Australia’s Housing Crisis.
The discussion will be led by Peter Mares, a respected public policy analyst, author of No Place Like Home that led to a four-part ABC series, Housing the Australian Nation.
