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Australia’s youth are really coping it in the neck when it comes to housing. Not only are many unable to afford a home in the big cities, but now available rental supply is being gobbled-up by Airbnb as well. From The ABC:
Airbnb has rapidly taken off in Australia, with 115,000 listings for rooms or entire homes to be rented.
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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.