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[–] yistdaj@pawb.social 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (9 children)

Some people I know who supported the march do so because they're upset at the upcoming spare/unused bedroom tax, which aims to bring more homes on the market to lower prices. They don't care about housing people, they care about profit.

I'm also not convinced cutting immigration would help at all when it would only discourage construction, which is already below what's needed to support birthrate + people moving in from rural areas. Immigration isn't the cause of the crisis, so cutting it isn't the solution.

[–] mtpender@aussie.zone -1 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Australia built 180,000 homes in 2024

Australia's immigration numbers were around 500,000 over the same period.

But no, that totally doesn't have any negative impact on housing affordability. /s

[–] Nbard@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What's your source for these numbers?

[–] mtpender@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Australian Bureau of Statistics

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