AVJennings screams “housing undersupply”

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By Leith van Onselen

Australia’s oldest housing developer, AVJennings, has today claimed that the country’s residential sector is in crisis due to a long-term undersupply. From The Canberra Times:

AVJennings chief executive Peter Summers said: “You can see for the best part of 15 years … there has been a continuing undersupply of residential in Australia. You may recall that a couple of years ago, the then federal treasurer Joe Hockey actually made the comment that Australia has a housing crisis. That is absolutely true”.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.