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it's almost all about housing

  • Written by Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute
imageBuilding an extra 50,000 homes each year for a decade could make prices and rents 20% cheaper.Shutterstock

Compared to the rest of the world, income inequality is not particularly high in Australia, nor is it getting much worse.

The real problem is housing inequality.

Rising house prices have increased wealth inequality. Rising housing costs have...

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