Demand for Housing in Australia, an Article in The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/five-reasons-the-turnbull-government-shouldnt-let-us-spend-super-on-a-home-48306?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+September+30+2015+-+3512&utm_content=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+September+30+2015+-+3512+CID_91ef742d7e0f59bcb338c2d333e3e147&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=Five%20reasons%20the%20Turnbull%20government%20shouldnt%20let%20us%20spend%20super%20on%20a%20home

I would recommend that people who have any thoughts on the subject of housing affordability, go to the above article. I copy here the first few sentences which might make you curious to read on.

“Five reasons the Turnbull government shouldn’t let us spend super on a home
September 30, 2015 6.10am AEST

Allowing first homebuyers to cash out their super to buy a home is a seductive idea with a long history. Like the nine-headed Hydra, which replaced each severed head with two more, each time the idea is cut down it seems to return even stronger.

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