How to improve housing affordability in Tasmania

by Brendan Coates, Joey Moloney

27.10.2022 News
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Published 27 October 2022

Within living memory, Tasmania was a place where housing costs were manageable, and people of all ages and incomes had a reasonable chance to own a home with good access to jobs. But housing in Tasmania has become increasingly expensive, and public anxiety about housing affordability is rising.

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Brendan Coates
Housing and Economic Security Program Director
Brendan Coates is the Housing and Economic Security Program Director at Grattan Institute, where he leads Grattan’s work on retirement incomes and superannuation, housing, and macroeconomics.

Joey Moloney
Housing and Economic Security Deputy Program Director
Joey Moloney is the Deputy Program Director of Grattan Institute’s Housing and Economic Security program. He has worked at the Productivity Commission and the Commonwealth Treasury, with a focus on the superannuation system and retirement income policy.

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