Australia has faced a housing crisis before – and solved it. We can do it again.
In Our Place, leading policy expert Matthew Lloyd-Cape cuts through the noise with clarity and conviction, showing exactly how our housing system broke – and why it still feels impossible to fix. Drawing on the latest research, he reveals who is paying the price: social housing tenants, renters locked out of stability, first-home buyers chasing an ever-moving target, and recent buyers weighed down by mortgages that never seem to shrink.
But this is not just a diagnosis – it's a call to act. Our Place provides solutions to:
• Stabilise rents
• Create a national framework for minimum rights, standards and protections for renters
• Establish a federal Public Housing Purchasing Agency to buy existing properties to supplement public housing stock
• Introduce a home-deposit savings account scheme and a national housing and infrastructure investment framework
Lloyd-Cape argues that tinkering at the edges won’t be enough. To truly solve the crisis, we need to think bigger – much bigger. The tools are already within reach. What’s missing is a plan bold enough to win public support, and leaders brave enough to challenge the economic and political assumptions that got us here.
Our Place is a powerful, solutions-focused vision for a fairer, more secure Australia – one where everyone has a place to call home.