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Housing affordability has improved slightly, but people on lower incomes will continue to struggle

Author: Steven Rowley, Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Curtin Research Centre, Curtin University

Policies focused on ownership do little to help lower-income households that are struggling to pay the rent.Iakov Filimonov/Shutterstock

The re-election of the Morrison government has delivered an Australian housing policy platform based on home ownership. The recently announced First Home Loan Deposit Scheme and the existing First Home Super Saver...