As coronavirus widens the renter-owner divide, housing policies will have to change
- Written by Rachel Ong ViforJ, Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University
What began as a global health crisis in the form of COVID-19 is now also an economic crisis of historic proportions. Much of the housing policy focus during the pandemic has rightly centred on the plight of people who are insecurely housed or homeless. Another strand of commentary has focused on a likely fall in property values.
But what does the...
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