Housing Stock: Grattan Report and State Governments

housing stock: The Grattan Institute's 2018 report into how the states are going also recommends state governments pursue their own emissions reduction scheme if the federal government can't create one, according to Nine News Australia. The report found the amount of housing per adult in each state went backwards from 2011 to 2016, with only the ACT increasing its housing stock. To improve your experience update it here News National More housing near cities needed report11 23am Oct 29, more high density housing in the inner suburbs of major cities is key to unlocking economic growth, a new report has found. Affordability - both to buy and to rent - will only get a lot better if governments ensure more homes are built, the report says. Building an extra 50,000 homes a year for a decade could leave Australian house prices five-to-20 per cent lower than what they would have been otherwise, stem rising public anxiety about housing affordability, and increase economic growth. The institute recommends state governments put more high density housing in inner suburbs close to CBDs, where most of the high value jobs are created. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.