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Briefing Paper No. 14/2005 by John Wilkinson
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- The onset of booms, in business activity, has frequently led to escalations
in house prices which, in turn, result in a shrinkage in affordable housing
(pp.4-5, 14,16,18-22,27-29)
- Incomes, earned by those on the basic wage or just above, have increased
far less than house prices have increased, during the last 25 years (pp.32-33)
- During the period immediately after the second world war, governments, at
both a federal and state level, decided on intervention to solve a crisis in
affordable housing (pp.5-15)
- Since the late 1970s, however, governments have largely withdrawn from
providing housing for people encountering housing difficulties (pp.16-32)
- Rather than providing homes, governments have turned to providing small
amounts of rent assistance as a means of alleviating the accommodation
difficulties of those on low incomes (pp.20-25)
- Sydney has become a particularly difficult environment for those on the
basic wage (or just over) to find affordable housing (p.33)
- In recent years, the NSW government, in conjunction with Sydney local
governments, has attempted some initiatives to provide a small amount of
affordable housing (pp.39-43)
