Building costs, not interest rates, are killing housing affordability

Building costs, not interest rates, are killing housing affordability

Terry Ryder exposes how government taxes, red tape, and soaring construction costs—not “greedy developers” or interest rates—are the real culprits behind Australia’s worsening housing crisis. The real barrier to fixing the housing crisis The single biggest issue preventing solutions to the housing shortage in Australia at the moment is the incredibly high cost of building new dwellings. It is also what is having the biggest impact on housing aff…