Many Australian communities still lack serious affordable housing strategies. But even those with the vision and the will to tackle the problem can do little without a healthy shove in the right direction from higher government.
A recent study from the University of Sydney found considerable concern about affordable housing at the local level, with practical progress only when a state government has stepped in to provide the push.
Why should communities in other countries be interested in this report? We’re inclined to believe there are a great many more states in other countries that are still sitting on their hands, or even poking sticks into wheels, as their own communities struggle to come to grips with a world-wide affordable housing crisis.
Read more on the Australian study in Domain: Local Governments Held Back By State Counterparts On Housing Affordability: Report
An American opinion piece is pretty much in agreement. Read more in Governing: For The Housing Crisis, Cities And States Need Each Other
