One-eyed HIA ignores demand-side housing distortions

Friday, 21 April 2017

The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has issued another media release cautioning against policies aimed at cooling housing demand:

Australia needs supply not demand focused solutions to address our national affordability challenges, said the Housing Industry Association.

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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.