Great stuff, it's a complex problem and certainly one approach won't fit all.
It's all very depressing, but starting the conversation is something. Perhaps the term 'Affordable Housing' is part of the problem, it seems to have negative connotations for many which increases the NiMBY risk. Separately, if done properly townhouses are better designed than c**p off the plan developer houses.
Perhaps the answer to land and house price appreciation is a savage capital gains tax, or at least a hefty death duty. Certainly, take away the subsidies and the tax deductions for investors.
You could make some money and turn into a developer with a conscience.
If all that fails, I hope that you can rise through the ranks of the town planning profession, be invited to be head of the Western Australian Planning Commission at which point you back my attempt to make a new sort of a suburb where the roadwork finishes short of the settlement. Just to observe the change in the social dynamics.
I hope you are voting for Rennick in the senate. We need politicians with integrity.
Riley,
Great stuff, it's a complex problem and certainly one approach won't fit all.
It's all very depressing, but starting the conversation is something. Perhaps the term 'Affordable Housing' is part of the problem, it seems to have negative connotations for many which increases the NiMBY risk. Separately, if done properly townhouses are better designed than c**p off the plan developer houses.
Riley,
You write well. I should leave you a tip.
You're not bad at the economics either.
Perhaps the answer to land and house price appreciation is a savage capital gains tax, or at least a hefty death duty. Certainly, take away the subsidies and the tax deductions for investors.
You could make some money and turn into a developer with a conscience.
If all that fails, I hope that you can rise through the ranks of the town planning profession, be invited to be head of the Western Australian Planning Commission at which point you back my attempt to make a new sort of a suburb where the roadwork finishes short of the settlement. Just to observe the change in the social dynamics.
I hope you are voting for Rennick in the senate. We need politicians with integrity.
Keep it coming!
You got WORDS, son. Write, you can.