Rents will rise and homelessness quadruple in a decade unless serious steps to cut emissions are taken, University of Sydney researchers find

University of Sydney researchers modelled the housing market system, using two decades of public data, and tested its response under different climate scenarios, publishing their results in Cities.

They found climate change affected housing and rental affordability under both high and low-emission scenarios, but vulnerable households were worst-hit under a fossil-fuelled future…

“We cannot address the housing system by one blanket policy,” he said. Policies or interventions should prioritise and tailor support for renters on low incomes, and to address homelessness.

The federal budget’s investment in social housing for more than 4,000 young people was an example of a targeted measure, Naderpajouh said, but a “drastic increase” in social housing was needed.

…housing and tax changes in the budget showed the federal government was capable of acting on issues beyond one electoral cycle.

“We need them to take the same approach to climate change.”

Don’t let your local MPs forget, keep at them. The young and the elderly will be worst hit.

  • FreedomAdvocateEnglish
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    2 days ago

    “Climate change” and fossil fuels have no impact on this lol. What affects housing prices is supply and demand, and the cost of money. When money is cheap, people spend more. When there are more people wanting to buy than people selling, prices go up.

    Currently Australia is importing ~300k new permanent residents per year. These people need houses to live in. We’re not building 300k houses per year, let alone in the major cities where these people want to live. More demand, not enough supply.

    Fossil fuels have zero to do with this.

    • arbilp3@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      I don’t know if you’ve read the whole article but the people doing the research are not just giving an opinion.

    • arbilp3@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      51·
      3 days ago

      So do I. We seem to have the country’s priorities wrong. Chasing super expensive submarines, for example, while so many people are in need of a roof over their heads.

      • FreedomAdvocateEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        The government doesn’t build houses. Taxpayer dollars don’t build houses.

        I agree the submarine deal is ridiculous, we don’t need submarines - but the money paying for them wouldn’t be used to build houses or address the housing crisis.

  • galoisghost@aussie.zoneEnglish
    31·
    3 days ago

    I mean that sounds bad and all but at least Prime Minister Hanson will be rounding up those pesky immigrants and things will be fine /s

    • FreedomAdvocateEnglish
      32·
      2 days ago

      Reducing demand by reducing immigration will absolutely reduce house prices. That is the very basis of supply and demand.

      Removing all immigrants that have overstayed their visa is a no-brainer. Reducing immigration to a sustainable level is another. Anyone disagreeing doesn’t actually want to fix the housing crisis.

    • arbilp3@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      Perhaps she can get a free time machine from Gina. Pauline can then send her racist ancestors back to where they came from.