Our Place

An evidence-based guide to solving Australias housing crisis from a leading policy expertAustralia has faced a housing crisis before and solved it. We can do it again.In Our Place, leading policy expert Matt Lloyd-Cape cuts through the noise, showing exactly how our housing system broke. Drawing on the latest research, he reveals that although social housing tenants, renters and first-home buyers are worst affected, the whole of society suffers in a housing crisis. From the rise of far-right politics to intergenerational inequality, the housing crisis is reshaping the nation.To solve the crisis, Lloyd-Cape argues, we need to think bigger much bigger. Our Place shows how a bold national housing plan could:End homelessness by 2045Provide the next generation with appropriate rental standards and an affordable path to home ownershipCreate thriving urban centres away from the capital citiesPlace housing at the heart of an ambitious plan for a fairer and more prosperous Australia.The tools are within reach. Whats missing are leaders willing to rethink the economic and political assumptions that got us here.Our Place is a powerful, solutions-focused vision for an Australia where everyone has a place to call home. This is a terrific book. I wish Id written it. Alan Kohler Matt Lloyd-Cape makes a complex crisis feel not just comprehensible but actually solvable. A book about policy with a beating heart. Jamila Rizvi Wonderfully lively and accessible . . . Matt Lloyd-Cape presents a fresh and insightful analysis of Australia s multi-faceted housing challenge and some radical ideas to address it. Hal Pawson