How to tackle Victoria’s housing crisis

by Brendan Coates, Joey Moloney

07.07.2023 Submission
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Submission to the Victorian Legislative Council

Victoria’s housing crisis has been building for a long time.

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Within living memory, Victoria 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 Victoria has become increasingly expensive, and public anxiety about housing affordability is rising. Home ownership is falling, renter poverty is rising, and more people are becoming homeless.

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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