2021-12-13 GC Agenda - Item 8 -Attachment 1 - Housing Needs Assessment

Figure 4 New loan commitments for investor housing (seasonally adjusted), values, Queensland




Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Lending indicators August 2021


The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)6 has made the recommendation that
the Australian Federal and State/Territory Governments adopt stimulus measures, targeted at
households and local markets where it is most needed such as:
•     Large-scale funding of social housing development and refurbishment similar to the Social
      Housing Initiative response to the Global Financial Crisis;
•     Market specific demand side incentives that are tailored to the characteristics of individual
      markets and the specific support required;
•     Investment to prepare for a market recovery, responding to potential shifts in consumer
      demand;
•     Immediate reform of tax settings to encourage institutional investment in affordable housing
      and build-to-rent developments.




6 Rowley, S., Crowe, A. Gilbert, C., Kruger, M., Leishman, C. and Zuo, J. (2020) Responding to the pandemic,

can building homes rebuild Australia?, AHURI Final Report No. 341, Australian Housing and Urban Research
Institute Limited, Melbourne


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