Australia’s Rent Crisis Is Heading For Disaster

[@danieljones7843]

The Australian dream of owning your own home is being replaced with the Australian dream of owning your own tent.

[@Dannyo1man]

The same with Canada as well.

[@blueamenaa749]

France is becoming the same.

[@danieljones7843]

England, America and most other western countries are going through the same. The world economic forum is in our leader’s ears telling them to do this I bet. “You’ll own nothing and be happy.”

[@t28mcd]

Soon you'll be fighting to rent a tent.

[@michaellovegrove9467]

I can’t even afford a tent

[@bshaw8175]

we aren't choosing to live this way we are being forced

[@ezmny1387]

thats not entirely true, lots of people choose to live in complacency, expecting nothing bad to happen, for a lot of the cases we see here this is what that product brings

[@grizzz6884]

@@ezmny1387 hit the nail on the head ,the people are waking up , 40 years of tax advantage , has not made any thing better . but a true free market would fix it in a week

[@infinite8382]

this is the society you get when you leave it up to politicians :/ the ruling class never cared about those below them.

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Exactly! But many greedy Australians are responsible too... We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@coreyplant8184]

I'm a 23 year old Aussie, did everything I was "supposed" to do! Finished year 12, went to university and graduated with a bachelors in engineering and now have a full time job as an Engineer working in research... AND I STILL CANT AFFORD A HOME. If I can't, then soooooo many others that are less fortunate in their life are struggling far more than me. I'm grateful I have somewhere to live now, despite battling over 50 others for this rental, and the price having increased 3 times since living here, I wouldn't dare leave just knowing how difficult it would be. Australia has a problem...

[@eamonglavin2532]

I'm a 27 yr old engineer and I feel ya did the same and still getting fucked

[@goodmorningaustralia163]

Bro it's environmental levvies trust me

[@goodmorningaustralia163]

Legit to save the planet they tax everything then blame the housing crisis on there not being enough immigrants here so they have more people to tax

[@cpater5397]

Try raising a family on 30k

[@goodmorningaustralia163]

@@cpater5397 bloody hell. Good on you for even surviving that

[@ozzyay9720]

One thing you failed to mention is that we have over 1 million empty properties around the country due to both local and foreign investors hoarding the property market and are unwilling to have these properties available for rent. Local investors do not help as they are cashed up, they are willing to pay overs for the property, hold onto the property for at least 6-12 months with no one living in there, hoping they can get profit of $100-300k .

[@jackreaper2890]

From my understanding the 1 million empty properties come from the last census. To put that in perspective the question was along lines of "is the anyone in the property tonight?" It doesn't necessarily mean that there are 1 million houses sitting empty by an investor. The reasons for the million empty properties would also include those who are working night shift, a family going out to a friend/relatives party, needing to go to hospital etc.

[@aperitifs]

The reason places are never occupied.. is due to the fact the property's can be sold as ( new never lived in ) again and again on the market. The second someone moves in that property looses it's (new) price tag.

[@stephenw2992]

@@aperitifs Its also capital gains taxes are higher when you flip it for a profit in less than 12 months. So investors hold on for 12 months and may not want the hassle of renting to people that have more rights than they do over their property.

[@remoman]

That was a snapshot of one night. Meaningless.

[@hrausss]

if the empty home is classed as your primary residence and you never get a income from that property. In Australia you do not have to pay capital gains tax. So if the rental return percentage per anaum is less than your rental income then don't rent it .if you are dependent on cash flow then it's not a good option . This is a problem of the design of our tax system not the invester understanding our stupid tax system . It is overseas residents with dual residency buying 1 primary residence in very expensive suburbs. It would be better to own many homes on total income but having a single investment with zero tax is a larger total profit

[@damongambuti]

ban foreign purchase of property for fucks sake

[@cloushalan6785]

Half of Australians won't allow that to happen as they don't want property price to drop.

[@kingslayer447]

@@cloushalan6785 you mean politicians and those who made thmselves rich dont want anything to change, since Howard made the change and introduced negative gearing....but you go ahead and generalize half the country who DONT own land like the top 10% do...Half of Australians and more can barely afford rent...but go on tell us how we DONT want inflation and prices to drop...or youre a pollys child?

[@GingerPeacenik]

And limit the number of units that any individual or hedge fund can own.

[@imaginativename]

Will not help as long as money printer go brrrrr

[@cuad0130]

@@kingslayer447 get real, why would the people benefitting off the current system be okay with it changing?

[@MioJuventino88]

I'm an electrician and technician. It's very rare i see skilled labour from overseas. Some are worth their weight in gold, but most I have seen have no regard for local standards.

[@HyperIndian]

I think most trades are well overdue for building and quality work, mate. Let me be clear: majority of tradies in Australia are white Aussies. Not foreigners. And build standards in Aus are shockingly bad compared to other western countries and many developing countries. The CFMEU lobbies the government to prevent skilled overseas tradies from coming in. I'm not talking about developing countries here. I'm talking about US, UK, Europe, Japan.

[@jm_brisbane]

Agreed. Also, all these uni students studying an academic career are unlikely to end up on the tools on a construction site.

[@woodliceworm4565]

Same here

[@MrDanjacs]

Also an electrician with the same experience with foreign labour, they are mostly hopeless.

[@Spacemonkeymojo]

Surprise surprise? This is just common sense, something our politicians do not have.

[@lethal2453]

I live in Canberra, I rent. My parents bought their home a house and land package for $18k in Giralang. My dad was earning 6k per year in the public service and my mum was part time public service 2 to 3k a year, 2 babies, $10 p/month child tax credit total household income was less than 10k per year, interest rates were at 7.5%. That house now, 1.4million, my wife and I have a household income of 170k and we can't afford that.

[@lorddeus369]

Perhaps moving location is a solution

[@pm2886]

​@@muffinman4544That's not what happens, actually. Cities are single concentrated locations. Everything outside the cities is dispersed. Even if half of each city population left, they would disperse so much that any city-like effect would be impossible.

[@cjaksson]

@@lorddeus369 What is money?

[@Big_Yin]

​@@lorddeus369moving so the houses are cheaper also means wages will be even worse 🙃

[@Forexfox99]

I moved to a large country town from Melbourne. There is very little downside and the realestate is so much cheaper. Catch it whilst you can people. It won’t be cheap forever.

[@ohhoney8662]

Rich politicians making poor people paying the price on the money printing…😤

[@goobda_]

yep, pretty much every crisis was caused by the government. they just cannot stop interfering into our lives

[@Toggymok]

immigration.

[@ybet1000]

@@Toggymok and printing money .. all the sweet sweet handouts to everyone during covid

[@pemang]

didnt the greens block the housing bill?

[@davidbrayshaw3529]

Immigration.

[@MrFastFarmer]

$3 billion on performance based funding for housing and $300 Billion on yellow submarines. That should tell you no one gives a shit mate...

[@Theo13136]

On point 100 %.

[@sash8589]

Until US dont want to help us when Ping try to fuck us...

[@deborahcurtis1385]

They don't want to build proper government housing because nobody wants to be responsible for the difficulties in housing estates. Drugs, social issues it's all too hard. Easier to make polite noises and say private enterprise will do it, but private enterprise is onto a good thing. They supply a tiny fraction of overall needs but everyone is happy. Except the renters. This is explosive as an election issue but the Liberals and the Nats have no idea. The Greens have fantasies and have no reach. The only hope is for a split in the ranks of Labor.

[@endxofxeternity]

@@Theo13136 Liberals really screwed us. Someone was defs being paid with that deal.

[@antontsau]

government funding for housing???? MY money to give out to beggars who want Good Life but can not provide good work? And bonus kick ME from city, because They Deserve, and me does not? NO WAY. Also $3B every year and $300B for 50years, lifetime.

[@YFIOFtho]

Ive been homeless a year now, couch surfing with mates for a whole year. I work full time. I've never been more mentally unwell in my life as a result. This environment feels so hopeless.

[@OwenFlex]

1. Stock are trading like the Fed already cut rates 2. Bonds are trading like rate cuts aren't happening 3. Gold is trading like we are in a soft landing 4. Oil prices are trading like we are entering a recession 5. Housing markets are trading like nothing is happening..😫

[@SeanJohns-ze8ie]

yes it's due to concerns about their impact on housing prices and accessibility for regular buyers. You can be on the winning side if you act fast and sometimes get insider information that can help you beat the market

[@LyaColette]

Inflation is consistently wiping out every saved nickel but somehow funding wars that have absolutely nothing to do with us is top on the government’s priority list. These conflicts are affecting the economy seriously and with the likelihood of another world war a massive recession is almost imminent

[@Hector_da_Goat]

True! The markets are going crazy, times are really uncertain, though I’m not really that bothered, I’m pretty much tucked in and braced up for whatever the future brings.

[@JasonAmir-qo4uo]

Oh really ? How’s that ? If you don’t mind me asking.

[@Hector_da_Goat]

Sure, I don’t mind at all. I have a portfolio manager that helps me manage and diversify my investments in both traditional industries and futuristic prospects such that the risks are properly calculated and profit margins are high.

[@vmoses1979]

This is not Singapore or Hong Kong. This is the least densely populated continent barring Antarctica. This is entirely a structural issue that is caused by enormous mismanagement and greed at the municipal level and exacerbated by state and federal policies. Talk about an enormous government failure.

[@coopsnz1]

only 20% home ownership in the countries you mentioned

[@pm2886]

​@@coopsnz1Singapore has the highest home ownership in the world. It's over 90%.

[@PennyEv4]

Australia used to have the same level of home ownership before 40 years of unneeded mass migration. This is unsustainable and will continue to lower our living standards until we are a backward 3rd world country.

[@vmoses1979]

@@PennyEv4 The mass migration started in the 1800s not 40 years ago. Just ask the Aborigines.

[@rasta77-x7o]

@@vmoses1979 Except importing the 1st world made it the 1st world and Aboriginals benefited with healthcare and a doubling of life expectancy. Now we import the 3rd world and it will turn Australia into a 3rd world country. If UK didn't come, Asia would have...

[@mrguiltyfool]

Skilled labors are not coming to Canada and Aus. They are not stupid. Why would they move to those places knowing their living standard will be worse

[@timsmith854]

Unions do not want skilled labour to come here (Aus)

[@mrguiltyfool]

@@timsmith854 that too

[@HyperIndian]

​@@timsmith854absolutely correct. Unions are protecting local trades but conveniently ignoring how incompetency is rift in local tradies.

[@HyperIndian]

​BB-xx3dvif that were true mate, they would be prioritising skilled and qualified tradies from US/UK/Europe/Korea/Japan. Let's be honest here. Building standards in Australia are absolutely shite. It's so bad that many people actively try to avoid buying properties constructed after 2010 because it's been especially worse in recent times. Building and Pest Inspectors are dodgy. Builders finding all the ways to undercut costs are dodgy. Lack of quality control by subbies is dodgy. Every European and North American I know finds Australia colder than their own countries. Why? Lack of insulation and double/triple glazed windows. And then you have REAs inflating house prices and developers being so profit-oriented only to their benefit. The current standard is so bad that I'd take in a truck load of foreign tradies

[@timsmith854]

@@HyperIndian Newer properties in Australia are nothing more than glorified tents. Especially the spec built townhouses and cookie-cutter houses in our sprawling outer suburbs.

[@catdog726]

I am a 71 year old pensioner who spends 80% of my pension goes on rent and power bill and I only eat one meal a day because I don't have enough money to buy a lot of food

[@ZawZaw-yb3nf]

I may not be a pensioner, but I understand, mate. Its not like you can move somewhere else either, because then you'd need more money to even initiate the move. Savings? what savings? all I know are spendings

[@jamesp1389]

Yeah I'm a 23 year old eating 2 meals a day to get by. Times are tough.

[@GabrielTobing]

​@@jamesp1389I eat whatever snack is at work as lunch or dinner depending on what time my shift is XD

[@lindawilcox4279]

That is very sad. I feel for you 😢

[@deborahrohl848]

I am in same situation and the house i rent has never been maintained i don't have a bath tap or a stove and massive holes in the roof despite countless requests to fix the problems all owner ever does do is increase the rent i don't have money to move and nothing affordable available / nothing for rent at all.

[@alexwest4629]

It's all by design, the powers that be can't have everyone living in comfort. They want us all stressed and tied to our jobs...

[@overcomingwithin]

great reset

[@myday2704]

Exactly. So that we will need some type of "passport" to work in the future.

[@alienteknology5390]

Double YAY to that. As if they could'nt deal with it more effectively.

[@SimonT-xo7qf]

Yes they want a hunger games society.

[@samanthawatchman888]

This is the truth of why things are the way they are. What's coming most don't realise. Jesus said "you will know the truth and the truth will set you free" kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5Schqmkf8-jr68si=fLb0_5oKBGHQvvPN

[@alienteknology5390]

If you think about it, a rental shortage is a great way to limit people's freedom. Or at least their sense of freedom. It makes you feel constricted & unable to shift environments when you wish. It's that much harder to just change locales for the sake of change. It becomes harder to get out of unpleasant or dangerous living situations. If you feel rent is too high, you are more likely to put up with it because the alternative is homelessness. The housing crisis is a many pronged attack by the economic elites on your quality of life. This is just one of the prongs.

[@13infbatt]

Demoralisation , it’s everywhere now .

[@jasons7297]

A property which could be seen as undesirable around 7 years ago would see around 3 or 4 people sometimes less at an inspection on a weekend , now you can see around 80 people. Never seen anything like it.

[@DeepSeaLugia]

people are buying houses that would be colloquially called “crackd_ns” to beat the rental crisis.

[@AlliandoX]

60 ppl to see a studio apartment with no kitchen or bedroom only a fold up couch and raised the rent up $200 a week (Sydney Paddington)

[@ponzitizen]

Government takes in about 50% of your hard earned through direct/indirect taxes... Monopolies through groceries to banking are hoping to take the other 50%... What you have left is the Australian dream...

[@seventeen9718]

You will own nothing and be happy. But not the Globalisation conspiracy, just reality for the average Australian.

[@macklinwright3966]

Their Australian dream

[@donnapalmer361]

I am a 59 yr old single women who works 38-45 hrs a week in retail paying 75% of my income for rent. I am working just to put a roof over my head . Where on the Gold Coast can I find a rental that is only 30% of my income.? I couldn’t get a room for that and here they are saying people are struggling paying a third of their income? I wish!

[@cheeks7050]

Suggesting that limiting migration could make the housing crisis worse is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. That number needs to be slashed. 200,000 plus is still massive. Australia is a country, not a destination for the entire world to move to.

[@chloe-historyandgames]

amen. too many people = more expensive resources

[@Sweat_ii]

Also, he mentioned in the video that the government is looking at granting a new type of VISA to bring in specifically skilled workers - which is contrary to what he said at the end. Probably should have reviewed his notes and video a few times before posting.

[@nfsdude0125]

@@Sweat_ii Yeah, he tripped up a lot in this video.

[@hamesparde9888]

LOL we need to encourage peaceful remigration.

[@hamesparde9888]

Australia has a sub replacement birthrate and yet our population is 8 million more than it was in 2000. Anyone that thinks mass migration hasn't had a massive effect on house prices is either a liar or an idiot.

[@seraphoxillidun3340]

I'm nearing my mid 20's. I cant find a job, despite applying to 25 - 50 / week. I dont dream of having a home. Too unrealistic. Hundreds of thousands of foreigners swarmed my suburb that I grew up in. I am now an outsider, and therefore I do not, and will never owe anyone anything.

[@MrPotatoPro]

Limit immigration. Ban non-residents from purchasing property. Decommidify housing by raising the capital gains tax by 500% on properties not occupied by the owner. Limit investment properties to one dwelling per owner, with a one year grace period to sell any excess dwellings they currently own. This would crash the property market overnight, and may even spark a recession. However, it's a necessary move to fix this horror that PM Howard put us in.

[@manipei]

Limiting immigration is tricky. I’m a skill migrant who was moved to North Queensland due to skill shortages. I can confirm that there is a demand for pick packers, skilled labour and international uni students. A lot of money the unis make is from international students as we pay twice the price of the same course and not from HECS, it’s money coming from outside the country. Farmers have boards all over NQ requesting for backpackers to work. I don’t disagree with you on limiting it but due to current policies you mentioned, limiting immigration will only lead to more purchasing by people who already are well off. I see it happen here in NQ as people from southern states are buying houses due to cheap prices and not even living in them, just investing resell.

[@MrPotatoPro]

​@@manipei I agree, immigration is a complex issue. However, an annual influx of 660k immigrants is entirely unsustainable; most move to population hubs and strain the housing market further. Immigration is a net positive for the Australian economy and future progress, but in the current housing commodification climate we reside in, it's just another factor exacerbating the issue. International students are less of an issue, as many reduce their impact on the market through share-housing. Although, even with this fact, there's still a comfortable maximum that can be accommodated.

[@AlexHristo]

What do you think the banks are going to do to all the people with mortgages when the value of their homes decreases after the crash? No bank wants to have that much risk.

[@EresirThe1st]

Limitation is too tame. We need to reverse immigration.

[@svenerikmoeller8809]

Actually if your renting and go ahead with banning non residents to buy then not only will you be diminishing the rental market which in turn increases rent ( yay, for I am a landlord) but also the higher taxes these foreigners pay for your rent subsidies. Easiest and cheapest way to fix this whole issue would be to allow more then one granny flats to be built and reintroduce the federal right of living or renting caravans on private properties. One of my properties already have two granny flats and can easily accommodate two more but by law can only rent one , WTF

[@Starni-lr3ml]

I'm all for skilled workers coming to Australia, but if you ask anyone in the trades, these workers are not skilled mate. Not only are they unskilled and provide poor workmanship, they undercut your local mum and dad businesses (because they're happy to make pennies for the work) and drive them out of the market. Disgusting what is happening to this country, it's not what it once was.

[@davidlp3019]

Mate I agree. My dads a sparky and he says the same thing. I'm a software engineer graduated uni last year and work with a few foreigners, mainly Indians. A few are really good but many I have to reject their code that they write as it's shit. So many people have no work ethic now mate it's sad as.

[@philippagrimoire5968]

It’s more about letting in Asian students whose family can pay top dollar for education and housing for them six months in advance so aussie students don’t even get considered. In Melbourne city nearly every second store is Asian. It’s like we have turned into Asia as a whole. I enjoy Asian food but it’s starting to really look like it’s a take over and universities are no longer about education. It’s a business

[@myathepompom7062]

@@philippagrimoire5968 yep, it’s a silent invasion. It’s a war of being taken over by those with more money.

[@tomleykisfan7280]

Bring in the third world you will have the third world.

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Immigration has nothing to do with it. It is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@HyperIndian]

It's hilarious that the media and politicians are blaming immigration. I lived through the pandemic in Australia. The cycle went from closed borders to high unemployment to JobKeeper+JobSeeker (forcing anyone on visas that lost their jobs to return to their countries) to low interest rates to super withdrawals. It caused a spike in housing due to demand, businesses screaming for talent and pay rises happening. Inflation occurred and afterwards, Australia being heavily reliant on international students, allowed them to come back in because Unis and businesses were lobbying hard. Those articles you see of 550K "migrants" that entered Aus in FY23? 80% of them are students. It's only shocking because of the sheer number allowed to enter. The permanent migration cap is 190K per year and in case you aren't aware, has been difficult and is even more difficult to obtain these days. The combo of low interest rates, super withdrawals, WFH, borders locked, government grants and excess household savings led to house prices going up by the end of 2022! Then the government opens borders and takes in so many people to make up for lost time (from an economic perspective). And guess what? It worked. House prices skyrocketed because they forced demand when they already knew theres not enough houses currently. But the numbers are out: Australia avoided a technical recession literally because of immigration. That's a lot better than mass unemployment. But the big question you should be mad at is why do politicians allow housing supply to be so low? Why are skilled tradies from developed countries(US,UK,Europe, Japan) not being prioritised when we're in a housing crisis? Why are REAs allowed to inflate prices for the benefit of the seller and themselves? Why is negative gearing allowed? Australia is the 6th LARGEST country by land mass with an absurdly tiny population compared to size. It's an absolute joke that we have a housing crisis. When neighbouring Indonesia with a smaller land mass and a whopping 278 MILLION people don't have issues with housing. It only shows how corrupt Australia is. They would rather allow a cost of living crisis, housing crisis, homelessness crisis and now crime is rising so fast than actually fix the housing crisis. You do that but disincentivising property investment, you make housing affordable to all first home buyers, you speed up land title release, you deny NIMBYs and their nonsensical queries against social housing on their suburbs. Stop making property ownership a game. That's how you fix shelter, a basic right

[@asdxfey3919]

Because we need more Uber drivers and DoorDashers

[@Hitman-ds1ei]

Basic right, the basic right is that you can work to earn your place and income or be in a socialist structure like you suggest disincentivising as you put it, my guess is you haven't worked to invest in your own future and bought property but expect it to be provided because it's " your basic right" lol😂😂😂

[@bigbubble662]

stop voting for LNP LABOR and Greens. THAT FUKIN EASY

[@donkee120]

The 10yrs of liberals stopped social housing investment causing us to be well behind when we need it the most

[@danielcorrea7798]

So true. Too many people are profiting form this crisis trying to point the finger somewhere else.

[@woodliceworm4565]

I stopped listening at 1.17 this crisis is a direct result of mass immigration most of it from India and other developing nations. No matter how much denial one wants to believe when you bring in a million which include incoming students without housing or services to cope, and for no rational purpose this is what happens - blaming supply or house building or anything else is gaslighting, and an insult to genuine Australians trying to find a place to live. To be more direct and brutal - this manufactured housing stress and mass immigration will end Australia.

[@ponzitizen]

So you don't buy the dog chasing it's tail immigration policy and trick-le down economics... Using gas is bad for the environment but exporting gas including gaslighting is good for the environment didn't you know...

[@woodliceworm4565]

@@ponzitizen Good luck with that comment. Australia's economy is a bastardised version of Dutch disease, As others swap to renewables our exports will fall in popularity, we export gas to China cheaply and they on-sell it at a profit, yet as a transition fuel to renewables we can't afford it. If you gaslight it or not Au is not a clever country, when water becomes a problem, we have a 50 million population, mostly Indian and temperatures rise further guess what.

[@ponzitizen]

​@@woodliceworm4565 I'm on your side 😅 Apparently I couldnt get the sarcasm accross to your neck of the woods...

[@vmoses1979]

So mass immigration only started in the last 5 years with Indians. Funny that.

[@HyperIndian]

So immigration from the UK and Europe is perfectly alright then? Why? I can tell you why you've specifically called out India. Ignorance and racism is why. Europeans are white like you yet you've conveniently omitted them even though the largest migrant group in Australia are British citizens. But I guess only brown people only matter and will be called out because they stand out from the majority. Convenient. If immigrants and Indians in particular as you say are to blame, why do politicians (the vast majority who are white Aussies) allow this? Why did they allow 500K people into the country DURING an existing housing crisis? Why do they allow the CFMEU prevent skilled tradies from developed countries from being prioritised to come into Australia to alleviate the labour shortages in trades we need? Why do they allow negative gearing? Why do they allow property investors take advantage of the system and make it harder and harder for first home buyers. Anyone who bought in the past 10 years didn't have such a difficult time compared to anyone today seeking to borrow. Why do they allow REAs to completely rip buyers off? Underquote? Pass over? Refuse to disclose the reserve? To only benefit the seller and themselves? Why do they allow such rife corruption and poor workmanship amongst tradies? Families building often are out of pocket because some donut builder doesn't know how to do basic math. Why is any of that fair? Your ignorance and straight up racism is shocking. You rather point the finger at brown people when in reality, it's your own countrymen (and the richest and powerful) that have stuffed this country badly. On behalf of brown people, we ain't your damn scapegoat.

[@unistudent4002]

As a disability support pensioner I’ve consistently been paying 50% of my income on rent over the last decade.. I tried relocating to QLD from NSW about 5-6 years ago and was told I would not be considered at all for anything more than 1/3rd of my income.. but there simply wasn’t anything available that low smh the market is much worse now than it was then, and I’m now living with my sister in VIC and paying only 1/3 of the total rent to keep it affordable (still about 40% of my total income) after having lived alone for 7 years. I just turned 30 and I can’t afford to live alone without moving out to a rundown house in the middle nowhere.. it’s insulting to think that people my age are just expected to spend our whole lives either dependant on others or living only in sharehouses like a student or transient.. I’ve seen mortgage payments for lovely new houses that are half my rent, I could afford to pay a mortgage but no lender wants to anything to do with a young pensioner, despite it being a stable and predictable income smh

[@samanthawatchman888]

This is the truth of why things are the way they are. What's coming most don't realise. Jesus said "you will know the truth and the truth will set you free" kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5Schqmkf8-jr68si=fLb0_5oKBGHQvvPN

[@freazeezy]

Maybe when you and I are both geriatric we can each bring 2 other friends and rent a share house. If one of us brings a 3rd maybe it will only cost 49% of our income

[@jubbafrubby4561]

a crash in house prices is what this country needs. it also needs the removal of all housing tax subsidies and the HALTING of immigration

[@a.7889-v8f]

I’m a similar age, have been on DSP most of my adult life and have also been renting most of that time. I can relate to what you’re saying!

[@Portal100kgJJ]

Anywhere else in the world you would not have any money in your account without working for it. Say thanks to God every day for being born in Australia where you dont need to work to get paid. No where else any government would give a shit about your disability bro, just be grateful you are privileged as fuck

[@mattfullysick]

“Higher skill workers” yet so many people will finish uni and all “entry level jobs” require you to have 2 years minimum experience, it’s a joke

[@ezmny1387]

uni is a waste of time, effort and money.

[@scorpioM56]

fake the experience man, everybody does it. Just know the real world never plays by the rules.

[@Someone-gj3go]

@@scorpioM56how do I go about faking experience?

[@nathanh2725]

​@Someone-gj3go lie on your resume. Companies lie about there jobs too, play the game

[@jacksonrobbins2288]

Uni is a absolute boom for the government. It draws in massive amounts of international students under the guise of "world class education". Feeds them insanely overpriced and mostly useless courses, and then spits them out into the World for them to be uber drivers and factory workers. Keeps the housing market ticking over, keeps the big schools nice and profitable, adds consumers to the economy, and helps keep the entry level wages low.

[@samliveshere88]

there is 1 really easy way to fix the property market. Make it illegal for politicians to own rental properties

[@GingerPeacenik]

Limit the number of properties ANY individual or hedge fund can own. It's not politicians owning it all; it's that billionaires CONTROL your government. The puppet masters aren't in office, their puppets are.

[@GingerPeacenik]

Politicians aren't the one's who own the properties; their masters are.

[@ellWayify]

Yes politicians do own properties but it's the voters that do also. They are just doing what most of the voters want. Most own property and want to keep their property values high

[@samliveshere88]

@@ellWayify until the have nots out weigh the haves, which is coming soon

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Politicians are not the only responsible, foreigner investors buying houses to make money are responsible and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@mitchellattwood]

In Finland (or one of those Scandinavian countries) is that every empty dwelling needs to be rented otherwise the government will rent it for them. Australia should do actions like that but the government are too concerned on the potential of it affecting property prices.

[@billthewhovian]

I know people who have to look for a house to rent. Their landlord passed away and his daughter has put the house up for sale. They can't get public housing because they don't have any they need. These stupid looking governments, both state and federal, won't build any new f***ing houses, yet the federal government has opened the flood gates for more immigrants. We can't house the people we currently have. Why let more people in? where are they going to live? Albo and co has to go. Let's vote them out.

[@richardgordon]

Yup it’s happening here in Toronto Canada too, and it’s a real nightmare for people who don’t own their own home.

[@kathyheyne6030]

It’s like there’s a neoliberal capitalism playbook all the English speaking countries are following and have been following for decades, isn’t it?

[@richardgordon]

@@kathyheyne6030 Yes. That's exactly what is happening. We're all in the same boat.

[@svenerikmoeller8809]

And in Germany!

[@danielhill9080]

The suggestion that we're importing skilled tradespeople to build houses is kinda stupid. Most new migrants are relatively unskilled, and they're not from nations known for their skilled tradespeople regardless.

[@chloe-historyandgames]

amen

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Immigration has nothing to do with it. It is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@BenderB]

The longer this rental crisis remains, the more people will find themselves in need of social housing, making that 100,000 figure quoted far larger by the time they get around to actually building the homes. I feel for the students who come the Australia (Melbourne specifically) and expect to live comfortably working as a barista for 25 hours a week.

[@vincentcacciola7161]

Here's an idea make the education institutions build accommodation for the students after all they are racking in the money

[@FustFPV]

immigrants get more from centrelink than a aussie on disability support pension. How do I know? Simple, my friend is a legal immigrant and I am an aussie on disability pension due to my autism and other mental health problems. They even provided him funding for a $50k car and a "rent untill you own" deal on his government housing. I have to take the bus and my government housing costs more than his yet I dont get to own it after x amount of years of renting like he does? Yep, seems fair

[@HyperIndian]

​@@FustFPVso you're angry at your "friend"? Do they decide the benefits they get or the Centrelink processing officer who assesses the needs of recipients? Sounds like you're finding a rubbish excuse to be racist. Also since youre on Centrelink - how much longer are you planning to be a drain to the country? My brother also has autism. He works as a developer. What's your excuse other than laziness?

[@FustFPV]

@@HyperIndian you have misinterpreted my point wrong. He is my friend and there is no anger towards him at all. Why would I be angry at someone for taking advantage of a system set up to be used just because I can't use it the same way? The anger is at the government, not my friend. We joke about it all the time.

[@guser7137]

The problem is that the students that need to support themselves by taking work from the locals should not be pitied. They should be able to demonstrate that they can financially support the duration of their studies. Overseas study was always a luxury.

[@N8oRMusic]

The strange thing is when i go to the shops I'm not sure if I'm living in Australia or the Middle East

[@journeyman6752]

Or Pakistan or India

[@hamesparde9888]

But bro it's a supply issue! Everyone knows there's only the supply side!

[@hamesparde9888]

Are you trying 5o suggest we don't need more enrichment bro? I can't believe you would even suggest that we shouldn't let all of the third world into our country!

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

1. Australia is in the Australasia continent, not in UK 2. Immigration has nothing to do with it. It is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@CineTechGeek]

analysis has shown that housing creation is directly connected to the profitability of the land bankers. they don't release build houses or build more houses unless the current ones meet levels of profitability. protecting their investment and maximizing profits. so if houses are not being built it's because the demand is not meeting this requirement. all this crap about incentivising more housing is useless unless this dynamic is broken. but then again the government does not want to break this dynamic as it would put huge downward pressure on house prices. and they would be voted out. there is no easy solution. I expect a minority government next election as that the only way common sense over greed is likely to float to the surface.

[@endxofxeternity]

spot on. I remember when Labor wanted to get rid of negative gearing and they were voted out. Sometimes you need an educated populace with critical thought to be able to successfully run a democracy.

[@stephenw2992]

No one does anything unless there is a profit because they would be losing money they could save by doing nothing. Government red and green tape is one of the biggest problems making it so expensive to do anything. Lack of government planning is also a major factor. Stop politicians being able to own more than their home if you want to stop them purposely limiting supply.

[@ZawZaw-yb3nf]

generally a person who looks at all options when voting, I made the mistake of putting Abbot in charge because my family said so. Never going to make that mistake again. Labor's problem is exactly this. The people who currently have the majority vote hold these investments. Until they become the minority, this will continue indefinitely. the ALP Genuinely need to bring these changes in slowly to not spook the voters, so they wont get voted out in or before the next election. This is a really fucking slow process, and if im honest im not even sure if they ever will touch Negative gearing, and other factors that make housing expensive. As for the new houses their building, im betting all its going to do is add to the vacancy rate. Perhaps im pessimistic or dont fully understand, but I do not see it panning out the way they envision it. What I do see is that the management of those properties will be passed off to private companies, Those private companies will gouge the fuck out of the property and potential tennants, exploit every loophole they can to make a few bucks on the governments dime. We seen this with Jobkeeper and airlines. Okay now im being pessimistic, but we do have examples of this kind of thing happening in other areas, what makes housing any different? especially when its treated as an investment, rather than a necessity

[@grizzz6884]

@@stephenw2992 trust me , the lack of government planning is a good thing . the government is the problem . ever heard of 15 minute citys

[@stephenw2992]

@@grizzz6884 Normally I would agree, but when it comes to infrastructure and land releases we are stuck with them being in control.

[@adamoliver4094]

I'm not Australian, but you guys are not wrong to limit immigration. That is not a comment about immigrants, but a recognition of how your economy works. Coal exports, iron ore exports, LNG exports, and food exports are about 30 percent of your economy. You enjoy a high standard of living to a large degree because the ratio of easy to sell natural resources to population is high. If you double your population iron ore reserves stay the same. Australia msyybe able to keep growing the pie so that living standards remain the same or increase, but it will be mucn more difficult than getting rich off the Pilbara.

[@anthonyszy7191]

Australia is a services based economy with a mining on top. Services are constant while mining is cyclical. We need to flood the economy with migrants to stimulate our services economy. From cleaners to high end medical, property, finance, insurance, real estate, business services. Progress, progress, progress. Who will pay for the new roads, infrastructure, taxes, schools, military, teachers, nurses, New hungry and numerous tax paying immigrants from overseas.

[@adamoliver4094]

@@anthonyszy7191 I'm American, so I certainly won't argue with you about your own economy. I was just impressed when I saw the level of Australia's exports relative to the size of its economy. GDP $1.7 trillion, iron exports ~$130 billion, coal exports~$50-$110 billion, LNG exports ~$90 billion, agriculture exports ~$70 billion. This level of resource exports relative to the size of the economy makes Australia an outlier in the G20. Saudi Arabia GDP is about $1.1 trillion and they export about $250 billion of oil annually. This is not far from the ratio for Australia. I agree the majority of jobs in Australia are mostly in the service sector, however; I suspect the balance of payments in trade is supported by resource exports. This allows Australia to maintain a higher standard of living than most of Western Europe.

[@jessiejordan2853]

Don't worry you have it right, that guy is just can't see the reality playing out right in front of his own eyes. Immigration to fill a short fall in one area only creates strain on other existing services..so we bring in more immigrants to fill the gaps in those, which puts further strain on others, and around and round we go. We can't sustain these levels and a vast majority of Aussies wanted immigration cut even years before this housing shortage started. We had a truly great quality of life here. Not so anymore.

[@jessiejordan2853]

@anthonyszy7191 "Progress progress progress" To the benefit of who exactly? Literally just everyone with the means to get here? Nah you're right actually, screw it. Who even cares about born and bred Aussies with no other country to call home? We can just import newer, better, wealthier Australians! 👍😀

[@darrensanders653]

@@adamoliver4094most jobs in Australia are government jobs the biggest problem in Sydney is countries near us can move here and are in huge numbers

[@ingehoffman7313]

That place in Sydney is an absolute shocker and disgraceful of owners - pure greed

[@trythis2821]

Terrible to advertise that place for rent, but from a supply and demand standpoint, there is not much on offer so this landlord will try their luck to rent out something that shouldn't have.

[@coopsnz1]

it Aurburn you know what a new home sold in the area 2.7 million

[@deborahcurtis1385]

The agents are the ones that suggest it to the owners and they mostly agree. It's not all owners.

[@johnschannel449]

Why the hell did the government let in so many immigrants, its just insane, l hope everyone votes them out at the next election

[@guser7137]

Governments are entirely detached from the electorate. Both parties answering to the same group, not you guys at the ballot box.

[@eat_ze_bugs]

Did you forget what happened in the past 4 years?

[@michaelmountain7055]

All started with John Howard mate, Liberals are the problem no doubt about it

[@johnschannel449]

@@Itsokay.nottobeokaaaay good for you but bad for most of the population of australia

[@yggdrasil9039]

​@@Itsokay.nottobeokaaaay I don't think so

[@geoffreystone4849]

Blame Labor for 680,000 immigrants last year. Also foreign investment.

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Immigration is not the REAL problem! The real problem is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@northernandyboy]

Come to Finland. We have an oversupply of 25,000 houses. Landlords aren’t able to pass on the high interest rates.

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

really????

[@Neko-Cult]

As someone once said "Landlords and Real Estate Agents all have locations and addresses, Homeless? take theirs, then we'll see how fast the rental market changes"

[@shevanz1589]

I actually feel physcially sick and am having an anxiety response to watching this content. I recently had a housemate move out and was faced with the rental market and realised how bad it was. I was lucky enought that i was able to get a replacement and stay in my current place (with a huge rental increase) but there were a few months where my mental health was in full blown crisis mode and i was not copying with it well. I cant even imagine the amount of people who are forced onto the streets and what they are going through. My job also deals with people who are in fiancial hardship and i hear about this a lot as well, i ended up moving into a different department because i was struggling hearing about it.

[@westone3738]

Australian housing is overpriced and way laden under debt. The bubble has been brewing for decades, and most people assume the highest price sold for a property applies to all properties in the area. It's this thinking plus real estate agents encouraging such thoughts that drive the prices. Supply and demand, fair enough, but the psychology of people has been so engrained with the highest price thinking it's quite psychologically sick. Australia, the bubble is here.

[@Paradoxisthefingerprintofgod]

ITS TERRIBLE IN THE US TOO!!

[@quinnabun]

We are a family of 4 in QLD living in a 1brd studio apartment that has an outside bathroom, no laundry and a sink for a kitchen. Its all we could afford and that is 450 a week. Our kids are young but growing fast and we need to move into a bigger place, but open home after open home our hopes are diminishing. We didnt want to renew our lease here and im lucky to have a roof to call home, but the 400 dollars used to get a beautiful 3-4 bedroom family home and now it gets you nothing. We always said accepting this rental was until we could find something more suitable but it feels like it's only getting worse.

[@joebloggs24]

It does, and it will. Buy a large tent and move to Musgrave Park in South Brisbane. The Housing Commission people come through there regularly and set priority to anyone residing there. The Housing Minister has said that anyone housed from this park will remain with housing rather than be forced back to the park. Hope this helps

[@leighemmerick191]

Theres actually a much uogher amount of vacant houses but they arent rentals because their "investment homes"

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Exactly! The real problem is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@williamcrossan9333]

9:40: It's pretty mental that housing has increased in price by 68% in Brisbane, yet the "market" has responded by REDUCING supply. Mental hey? That's a broken market system.

[@deborahcurtis1385]

Affordable government supplied housing has always underpinned the rental market. That system got broken by the LNP which also broke down the public service so that it's incapable of doing anything unless they have consultants. This tragic situation has not been reformed.

[@kathyheyne6030]

Not at all mental. Reducing supply and enforcing artificial scarcity will push the prices up even more. Sound business practice if you’re an amoral sociopath.

[@alyssaoconnor]

In the 40’s Australia had a housing/rental/homeless crisis, the Australian government at the time estimated a shortage of 200 000 dwellings, with another 82 000 considered unfit for habitation and 155 000 to be of poor quality. Relying on the private construction industry didn’t work then and cant be our only serious option now.

[@dano6845]

Let's have more government to fix the problems of government intervention. Great idea.

[@pm2886]

More housing isn't the solution. In fact it will just encourage us to waste housing - more so than we already do.

[@alyssaoconnor]

@@dano6845 Who said anything about more government? I’m stating that we have been in this situation before and throwing money at the building industry wasn’t the solution. I totally agree that government policies has led us to this problem but I also think the private building industry has had its hands involved in making the problem worse as well. The owner builder was a thing for generations but the building industry lobbyists put a stop to that.

[@gamingsuperun]

Can build as many houses as you want mate. The people that need them can't afford them anyway

[@pm2886]

@@gamingsuperun There is cheap housing all over the country. I saw a place last week selling for $110k. Rent for a similar house was $150 a week. You can pay that on social security, easily. Rent assistance covers half of it! If someone insists on living in Sydney or Melbourne, but says they can't afford housing, they're not serious.

[@IrlamOz]

I have never seen it so bad, im 43 and rented all my life and dont know where i will be in a few years

[@lecannet]

Asia or Spain boo....save all ur pennies n fk off there 5months of the year! We need to improvise now!

[@rasta77-x7o]

Very easy to get a Vanuatu citizenship then pay no tax, to anybody.

[@Spartan-lb9gh]

I have a full time job and earn around $800 a week and spend $700 a week in rent which has been increased by $160+ in the last two years

Really, how can you survive? You don't even have money to pay electricity and water bills.

[@BenderB]

Regarding the issue of building new homes, many are holding off on building due to the highly publicised insolvency of large building companies over the past couple of years, coupled with highly publicised and common defects on new builds. People are scared to put down their deposits as they feel they might never get the house they're paying for, or if they do, it will have significant issues that will cost them more to fix.

[@alienteknology5390]

The housing industry & in fact all industries are broken. Faulty workmanship caused by workers suffering too much stress & lack of respect from their bosses. Bosses who don't give a shit anyway. As long as they can put away enough cash to feather their own nests & retire before their products fail. Corrupt actors who start companies, run them to the ground & then run off with the money while everyone else suffers. Welcome to the future.

[@jamesdeegan7365]

Why not buy a prefab home?

[@danielwutfisho]

​@@jamesdeegan7365 nah just build it from scratch by yourself foath brother

[@freakymeltdown1]

Spot on Bender

[@ZawZaw-yb3nf]

@@jamesdeegan7365 I believe the same concerns apply. just because its prefab doesnt mean corners wouldn't be cut

[@roadsofjapan6009]

Australia is a joke , 160,000 immigrants per year target this is a government/s issue, Paulin was right and no one listened. Proud non Australian resident cheaper to get paid in AUD and pay the extra tax then live in Australia 😂

[@lookingaheadoftime]

Hi there! Thank you for putting out this video! I can attest to what you have to said in this video. I was there some time around 2015, and someone told me that the rent is going out of control. I really appreciate someone telling me that advice.

[@ALaughingMan]

I am now paying 95% of my income in rent alone. I cant afford to move, as rent eats any income that would go towards saving for bond and moving costs. Regardless, I would struggle to find a rental anyway with my family size (2 Adults, 4 kids) and the current rental competition. Shits real, mentally and financially draining beyond belief.

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

This problem is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

Then why you born so many babies?

[@icecreaminc8013]

I rented my last place, for 14 years.. in that time rent went up 100 dollars (actually it was 90, but big round numbers) 14 years ... 90 dollars. Ive been at the current house for 4.5 years and the rent has gone up 450 dollars. Greed is the only explanation. Real estate agents and landlords are the new lawyers.... who belong at the bottom of the ocean in large numbers.

[@DB-wl8wx]

Just the way the government wants it

[@TALESCOFFEE]

How much of the issue is due to ABnB? Do you think banning short term rental units is a solution, I see many other larger cities like NY are starting to ban short term rentals. Not that it's getting better but it might when it starts to come into effect.

[@Nikkska]

I don’t think it would have a massive effect, but anything would help at this point so I’m certainly in favour. Rather than a ban, introduce a vacancy tax so unless it’s booked out often, it won’t be profitable and so they’ll either sell or put it on the long term rental market. While we’re at it, ban foreign ownership of real estate and greatly overhaul capital gains & negative gearing for housing. None will be an instant fix, but all together would have a noticeable impact (in my opinion)

[@TALESCOFFEE]

@@Nikkska They have a Vacancy tax here in Canada. People avoid it BY LISTING it as an Air BnB. This way it's a "short term rental business" and not a "home". I think NY was going through something similar too .. that's why a "vacancy" tax doesn't work as well as you'd think. As for why they don't rent out ... sometimes they just let the valuation of the home appreciate ... and it'll cover their "losses" they can always borrow more when the valuation goes up!

[@TheAbeKane]

I can't afford the next couple of years and you want me to think longer than a decade?

[@flinticusmaximus5687]

and they want us to join the military and shit when they treat us like this 😂

[@quietwulf]

Maximum rent should be indexed against the property value. Stamp out this profiteering bullshit of charging huge prices for slum level properties.

[@GabrielTobing]

If the property is in good condition, then profiting should be legal, but if its a slum, profiting off of it should be illegal.

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

These problems are due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@pennyAustralia1]

We all need to stop paying rent.

[@gslim7337]

As an experienced tenant and an experienced landlord, I will put forward a bit of defence for landlords. Between the tenant and landlord is the real estate agent. Note how silent this group has been through this catastrophe. I would say straight up that greedy real estate agents are what creates greedy landlords

[@9000ck]

Foreign education is Australia's second biggest export after iron ore. Just like any industry; it has externalities. It should be possible to offer more online education, but the fact is many students want to come to Australia because the quality of life and environment is high.

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Immigration has nothing to do with it. It is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@booradley0x0]

Can’t move until I find another place to live. I’m ok atm, but eventually I’ll have to move. It’s only going to get worse.

[@SpectrumGaming36]

It's cheap in Dongara (4 hours away from Perth)

[@6_6-0_0]

This video was recommended to through a video about an Immigrant without PR buying a home. Really sums up the issue.

[@ViperOptix]

My wife and I own an investment property in Sydney and a house that my family live in outside of Sydney. The only reason we raised the rent on the investment property was because of interest rates, we kept the rent price down for our tenant as long as we could but it gets to a point were we end up struggling.

[@a.7889-v8f]

As a renter, I just want to say thank you for keeping the price down for your tenant as long as you could.

[@thesorrow88]

This is exactly the problem. It's not the renters problem that you can't fucking service your loan on your investment. You landlords are entitled pricks.

[@joebloggs24]

If you're that affected by interest rates, you don't OWN the property, the lender does. Equity is what you build in order for more of the rent money to be considered your income, at the moment with the lender owning the property, you are merely the collector of their money, and should rightfully pass it on to them for their ownership of that asset. You're only struggling because you didn't earn more equity when times were better, that's your poor choice.

[@winkA1]

@@joebloggs24are you serious? You do realise that the percentage of people who can afford a property without a mortgage attached are basically 0, and are exactly the same”wealthy” and overseas investors you all complain about.

[@joebloggs24]

@@winkA1 Yes I am serious, to HAVE an investment property you may control it, but until you pay it off in full it isn't your property, you merely are a custodian of the asset - and yes, monies received should be divided according to who actually owns it. To be on interest only payment with a mortgage over the property where your equity is low or minimal should not legally be your money, it's unconscionable to think it is yours when the asset isn't owned by you. Pure greed is ruining the housing market, so many "investors" that only want to rort and get stupid money for something that isn't theirs at all. Ponzi scheme the whole thing

[@tomparke2407]

So many people just want a room for themselves or themselves and their partner. Why are we still building three bedroom homes in wild sprawling suburbs when so many young people would be happy with a single room, a kitchen and some shared amenities? Here in Korea 'one room' apartments are popping up all over the place to meet the demand. They're very cheap to live in and take a huge amount of stress off of larger family apartments. People think it's cruel to live in a single room but people are already living like that, except with five strangers in one large family home. It's weird.

[@antontsau]

cities are building up with 1-2br en masse. Some extreme buildings totally consist from studios and 1br, but usually 1-2 and rare 3. In my building 70 units - 5 3br, 30 2br and 35 1br. 3-4br houses are only in suburbs, for Sydney its 40-50 km from the city.

[@tomparke2407]

@@antontsau I was in Brisbane in January and it didn't look to different too me. I'm glad there's more being done.

[@darnell2000]

@@tomparke2407 I'd be happy with a tiny home or studio. Instead I'm living in an overpriced rental with about 4 times more space than I need, including a backyard pool which I never use, two living spaces, a walk-in closet the size of a room, and a kitchen larger than the local cafes. This was hardly my first choice, it's just that it's the only rental application that was successful. Australian house buyers and developers have greedy eyes, always more, bigger, more bs luxury. Build housing too close to each other and it will be mocked by the wealthy media. The only thing people do with their big yards in this neighbourhood is hire a guy to come and maintain it. They don't go outside. oh but it's a must-have. Low-density housing means more cars on the road, leading to crappier shopping/town centres, and terrible public transport. There's all kinds of problems with the way neighbourhoods are designed here. And for what? So you feel like you've got space? BS. You use a fraction of the space and have a large maintenance/cleaning burden. Furthermore empty nesters and single retirees are refusing to downsize because of the sentimentality of their home, while people are having babies in single bedders.

[@tomparke2407]

@@darnell2000 I have a family now but if it weren't for that I'd be in the same boat as you. It's crazy.

[@catprog]

And how many aparments are suitable for families?

[@Davehaha2001]

Australia is so screwed the prices of houses have the go down they are not worth half the price they say they are. It’s no the supply it the money taxpayers are giving the landlords who are paying less then rent prices for a house at the end of the day the negative gearing has to stop it’s so stupid I other countries have it and have houses for thousands or dollars like car prices here in Australia 🇦🇺 such a joke

[@gamingsuperun]

The people who have the ability to reduce prices are the ones who would be hurt most by housing losing value as an investment. Funny that.

[@Davehaha2001]

Yeah funny that

[@R.E.A.L.I.T.Y]

REAL vacancies are higher. 25% of Melb Docklands are vacant. 50% of many coastal towns are fking “holiday” homes used a few weeks ago year & Neg Geared. “Property Investors” got $41Billion rebates in 2023.

[@PWC67]

The current government has allowed immigration to get out of control. 100,000 immigrants to Australia in February alone. Thanks, Albo !!

[@rasta77-x7o]

One Nation is looking good.

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Immigration has nothing to do with it. It is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@shares163]

Developers/Builders are already paying a ridiculous $30,000 Levy in most Sydney Councils for a small Dual Occupancy Development + increasing building costs. Most builders are actually doing it tough with high materials costs, holding costs etc. ATM on current housing valuations there are no profits if you buy develop and sell. There have never been more builders going bust as seen the past 24 months. Where is the incentive for an increase in the supply of housing ? and by the way, we can't just rely on big corporate builders to satisfy the housing needs. The smaller builder market is a great contributor and should be acknowledged and incentivized too in order to meet the needs of the current housing crisis which will only get worse if ignored!

[@tipturkey1283]

There are allegedly many more vacant homes than the official number; kept vacant to limit supply and increase prices. It should be made illegal to own a home that isn’t occupied at least 10 months of the year, with extreme repercussions for people that break that law

[@8BitThoughts]

This is by far the most researched video I've seen on this topic. Awesome work dude!

[@swaggery]

You can get skilled trade workers from Canada. There's no shortage here according to every domestic forum I've read. The government just says it because they want an excuse to import warm bodies. But why would anybody from Canada want to move to Australia to face all the exact same issues present in Canada.

[@mattdixon6396]

I work in bush land regeneration up in the Goldcoast. The amount of ‘Illegal campers’ (working homeless) is staggering. We get asked to report them to authorities so they can be forced out. We refuse unless they are dangerous to others. Well over 99% have a tidy set up and will be completely removed and tidied up by 6:30 when they go off to work. Something has to change on both ends.

[@danielcorrea7798]

Why Blame international students? The easiest money this country has ever made? No mention of Airbnb or negative gearing. Got a feeling this bloke has like 12 properties.

[@HyperIndian]

You want to "blame" our 4th largest GDP by export? Tertiary Education (international students) account for $40-50 BILLION dollars per year. Australia makes an additional $3-4 billion dollars per year processing visas. What the hell are you talking about? Australia is seriously addicted to immigration and foreigners as a source of income

[@danielcorrea7798]

@@HyperIndian I agree with you bro. That’s what I was asking the video. Lol

[@davez5201]

No one is blaming individual migrants. I would do the same thing as them if I were in their position. But that doesn't mean we can't talk about the ludicrously high immigration rate. It is about resources, plain and simple. And the current level is UNSUSTAINABLE.

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Exactly!!!!! Immigration is not the REAL problem! The real problem is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@djvoid1]

Nearly all of this can be traced back to John Howard and the LNP halving the rate of capital gains. They should never be in charge again

[@jon5756]

This is not making sense, if there is lines for rentals then you don’t have a pricing issue you have a inventory issue

[@joebloggs24]

There's nothing stopping people for viewing potential rental properties, they don't have to prove they can afford them first... They are only there because they are more scared of being homeless than being bankrupt.

[@TheBubblegumgirl14]

Really wondering what the tipping point will be. When rich people realize they can't squeeze any more money out of us

[@Christoph1888]

Most migrants are students not trades people. That's half the problem

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Immigration has nothing to do with it. It is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@DouglasASean]

I’m not eating so I can pay my rent this week, I literally can’t afford to eat. Glad the boomer that owns my house’s investment is doing well though.

[@adamscott5065]

Urban migration also continues to be a problem for Australia, the government needs to find a way to incentive a rural migration trend to help declining and suffering rural towns, especially in the new digital world people and mainly the companies that employ them no longer need their staff to be based in major cities and incentives could be given to those companies that move office based employment out of major cities and to rural communities that are struggling with employment options and the resulting population decline

[@pm2886]

Urbanization is a major cause of the problem. Or rather, too many of us demanding an urban lifestyle.

[@milkmaster87]

Being from the country we say keep your urban blight in the cities🤢

[@ZawZaw-yb3nf]

I appreciate your view, but as someone from a regional area, people migrating from cities to regional towns only push prices up more. Where I am from, post pandemic prices for housing skyrocketed because lots of people from Metro areas were buying up the cheap land in regional areas. I guess you could argue why didn't those local buy locally? because they cant afford it due to low work opportunities in a corrupt and nepotistic community (you'll find in most regional hubs, corruption is rampart as is nepotism). So you're forced to move to the city, and then this loop of rising house prices starts until everyone but high income earners have been pushed out of the community they've built up.

[@pm2886]

@@ZawZaw-yb3nf Of course ... in every change and new era, there are casualties. The folk who couldn't or wouldn't adapt fast enough, and got left behind. There were casualties in the post war years, there were casualties going into and out of the great depression, etc etc. It was ever thus, and will ever be thus. It's absurd to make that the point.

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Immigration is not the REAL problem! The real problem is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@CarloNyte]

Great video, but I was surprised by the abrupt ending! Would love to see this topic expanded on more

[@LauraMoyaLocalMortgageBroker]

As a mum of young children I am so concerned what will be available for opportunities for the next generation. I see first home buyers trying to get into the property Market in Melbourne saving money to buy home and the property prices increasing faster than what they are able to save. It’s more common for parents to boost deposits to allow entry to the property market. Affordable housing needs to be addressed urgently to avoid pricing out people out of housing.

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

The real problem is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@SpectrumGaming36]

It's way too expansive in Perth, I live with my parents in a rental house for 10+ years and the rental crisis is such a disaster

[@firstlast2241]

Genuine question, why are property developers profits low?

[@eat_ze_bugs]

Hope your stimulus checks were worth it. We were warned about this in 2020 by many economists but people chose to have temporary relief for long term pain.

[@adiintel1]

Also all central banks drop there rates to 0% or 0.10% I saw this coming.

[@WilliamSantos-cv8rr]

I just rented an apartment with my gf two weeks ago in Docklands, Melbourne. In the time seeking a place (3 weeks). The one we got had only 2 other aplications. And we inspected flats that had no applications at all. My gf's previous coworkers are realtors. I don't see the market like told in the video. People are doing everything to avoid paying extra in housing. Units and houses for sale for months or even years without applications. I guess you guys are going to see the rollercoaster diving soon.

[@FrankBenjamin-l3b]

This seems like the worst period. Even the market are now very unpredictable. Started investing recently when the market prices were a bit high,today I am more than 60% down!

[@FrankBenjamin-l3b]

Please educate me, i'm willing to make consultations to improve my situation,

[@PalciosEmilia]

Yeah, 123k from catherine adriana. , looking up to acquire a new House, blessings ...

[@FrankBenjamin-l3b]

Please how do I find this financial counselor?

[@FrankBenjamin-l3b]

I'd love to know this mentor of yours

[@LucyVade]

When I saw her testimonies all over the place I thought it was all made up of stories till I was convinced and gave it a try and honestly I don't regret the move I made because I invested in a big way.

[@Enidscake]

House doubled with Howard bringing in the home buyers grant. Take away negative gearing and super benefits if you buy property.

[@RaymondKeen.]

Great video! For 2024, it’s hard to nail down specific predictions for the housing market is because it’s not yet clear how quickly or how much the Federal Reserve can bring down inflation and borrowing costs without tanking buyer demand for everything from homes to cars.

[@ScottKindle-bk3hx]

I suggest you offset your real estate and get into stocks, A recession as bad it can be, provides good buying opportunities in the markets if you’re careful and it can also create volatility giving great short time buy and sell opportunities too. This is not financial advise but get buying, cash isn’t king at all in this time!

[@hersdera]

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[@HectorWhitney]

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[@hersdera]

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[@grizzz6884]

if the fed wanted to defeat inflation , they would , they are inflating away the government debt . and the interest rate is still not high , if compered to the long term average

[@iggi3985]

There are no skilled laborers migrating from Somalia or Afghanistan. Migration needs to be limited a lot more

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Immigration has nothing to do with it. It is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@justintimefr]

Crazy how we have the exact SAME problems in Canada.

[@djexpo6655]

I can attest to that having moved from one to the other within the past month.

[@crystalclear6661]

There are plenty of Airbnb available though aren’t there?

[@bradley-6tr]

Hit 200k today. Thank you for all the knowledge and nuggets you had thrown my way over the last months. Started with 17k in last month 2024.

[@dr.heatherhh5]

Wow that's huge, how do you make that much monthly?

[@bradley-6tr]

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[@toulahen-sd6zk]

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[@mikesusie-ck3bm]

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[@bradley-6tr]

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[@anthonyplaysbass]

We need to cut immigration, drastically. We received 100,000 new people in Aus just last month. It's unsustainable

[@Karg537]

Remote work from home country then

[@anthonyplaysbass]

@@Karg537 ?

[@Le_Lys_Eclectique]

Immigration has nothing to do with it. It is due to foreigner investors buying houses to make money and that is happening with many greedy Australians too! We should really pressure the government, heavily! They should remove the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing!!!

[@WOGDOG10]

I have a theory that the Australian government/powers that be are trying thier damndest to create a caste system. Most new FOB migrants are coming from India and China, 2 countries that view how many people it is acceptable to live under the same 2 bedroom roof and they're right to privacy very differently to Australians. My theory would extend to a Indian finding a rental then have as many family/freinds live there as they deem confortable. In China its similar and the norm to have grandparents living with thier sons/daughters/grandchildren. I've seen first hand a huge Australia wide telecomunications company hire people for sales+complaints+changing account details, we were given 2 WEEKS for training but they taught us next to nothing about how to use thier multitude of programs/webportals, it was all about very basic manners and phone etiquette. When we started taking calls we had 2 staff to help the 30+ of us while we were not allowed to put the customer on hold and could only hang up if they started swearing or using slurs, after 2 days we were on our own essentially. It was a disaster. By week 3 at least half of us left, I needed the money so I quite quit until they fired me week 5. The only new employees willing to stay were all migrants who lose thier visas quickly if they aren't working a certian number of hours a week. We see these small tent towns popping up since Australians value our privacy even at the expense of creature comforts. I think tiny home/pod townships will be a reality soon enough. ps: Ofc I didn't mention the rich (local and foreign) buying real estate and leaving it vacant. Maybe we need a law that prooves the property is being used for a certian percentage of time a year or there is some kind a consequence. Housing is for being lived in, not to make money off of.

[@lecannet]

Excellent theory i bet its on the money honey too🙌☠🥴 I've thought along these lines w what is unfolding n what we r seeing!

[@sandgroper4044]

Maybe we stop immigration for one also stop foreign investors buying up properties

[@TheMoron-be3jm]

Yes

[@Valentine.P]

no my friend im from greece and a tell you isnt 51% but 130% increase to the rent houses, for one house before the rent it was 350€ and now is 590-650€...and 2010 the average income was 900€ and until a few months ago the salarys it was 560€ , now 730€

[@leevan2332]

When Daniel Andrews announced a rental cap here in Victoria rents went up significantly ...Ours went up $70 per week and we are considered regional Victoria...Its sickening the situation our politicians have put Australia in...Are they deliberately trying to destroy this country?

[@jm_brisbane]

Every long term arrival places an immediate demand upon housing and other infrastructure. In the long run we benefit from their skills and labour, but in the short term they create a deficit in the supply of services and infrastructure. What is the pay-off timeframe for the average arrival? Knowing that will help us understand what is a sustainable rate of population growth.

[@woodliceworm4565]

Assuming they have skills most do not.

[@vmoses1979]

Hilarious. Did Australia only bring immigrants over the last 5 years or for more than 40 years since White Australia policy was dismantled? So if immigration is the issue - it should have been the issue 40 years ago too. And the number of 'immigrants' comprises many students who pay ridiculous fees and subsidize native incomes and consumption.