Amid rental crisis, Melbourne ghost city revealed

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By Leith van Onselen

The Age has released a somewhat disturbing report on the large number of homes being left vacant across inner-Melbourne:

The Melbourne areas with the most number of unoccupied properties have been revealed, as the Andrews government sets to reap in tens of millions of dollars from its new vacant property tax.

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About the author
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.