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Aaron Patrick

In Melbourne, academia proposes a Bolshevik solution for housing

Academic solutions to solve housing shortages have failed to convince Labor governments, which prefer market-driven approaches.

As policymakers, politicians and parents grapple with the problem of housing the poor, young and marginalised, RMIT University academics are reaching back to 1917 solutions.

In response to Australia’s housing shortage, the Centre for Urban Research at the Melbourne institution proposes forced sales of houses and apartments that are vacant for more than nine months a year.

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Aaron Patrick was a senior correspondent at The Australian Financial Review.

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