Limited tickets still available to 127th Annual Henry George Dinner

Tues September 4th
Presenter: Dr Cameron Murray
Venue: Brunswick Mess Hall
Tickets

Everyone needs somewhere to live. It is a simple fact.

Australia’s economy keeps growing every year. As a nation, we are richer than any other time in our history.

We also have some of the most expensive housing in the world.

We step over rough sleepers on our commute.

We talk about property investment over dinner.

We care about housing affordability. We care more about housing affordability than we care about national security or public schools.

Our leaders tell us they’re trying. Housing affordability is in every ten point plan. Housing affordability is in the preamble.

Yet, the obvious solutions don’t materialise in policy.

What if we could reduce the cost of secure long-term housing by 50% right now, would we do it?

A new report from The Australia Institute and Prosper Australia shows that not only is the possible, but a radical experiment demonstrating how it can be done has been happening in Canberra for the past decade. Over 1,000 households are right now saving more than $9 million in housing costs per year, without costing the government budget one cent.

“If we were serious about making secure housing cheaper we wouldn’t be talking about first home buyer grants or rezoning in an attempt to increase supply” said the report’s author Dr Cameron Murray.

“At best these standard policy ideas reduce housing costs by 5%. We should instead be enacting policies that can immediately reduce the cost of housing by 50%.”

To find out more about these unspoken housing alternatives come to the Melbourne report launch at Prosper’s 127th Henry George Dinner, 4th September at the Brunswick Mess Hall.

Join us as we dissect the contradictions of Australian housing policy with Dr Cameron Murray, economist and co-author of last year’s breakout book, The Game of Mates.

Tickets: $40 Members, $60 non-members

Dress: Smart casual. Dinner from 6.45pm.

MB’s Leith van Onselen will also be in attendance. He’d love to meet you.