Can Housing Be Fixed Without Hurting Investors?

About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of Australia's housing crisis and the impact of property investors on affordability and housing outcomes.

Australia’s housing crisis is no longer just affecting low-income households — as rents rise faster than wages and affordability declines, more middle-income earners and essential workers are being pushed into housing stress. In this episode, we sit down with Maiy Azize from Anglicare Australia and Everybody’s Home to unpack why this shift is happening and what it reveals about the structure of Australia’s housing system. We challenge some of the biggest assumptions shaping today’s housing debate — from whether supply alone can solve affordability, to the role of property investors, and how tax settings like negative gearing and capital gains tax may be influencing the market. The conversation explores how investor behaviour has evolved, why rental pressure has intensified, and whether Australia has become too reliant on private investors to deliver housing outcomes. We also explore the unintended consequences of investor-driven markets, the rise of borderless investing into regional towns, the growing divide between homeowners and renters, and why more Australians are feeling locked out of stable housing—even when they’re earning decent incomes. Along the way, the conversation…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Bates

Guest: Maiy Azize

Topics covered

• housing crisis
• affordability
• property investors
• negative gearing
• capital gains tax
• rental pressure
• housing outcomes

Keywords

• housing crisis
• affordability
• property investors
• negative gearing
• capital gains tax
• rental pressure
• public housing
• Airbnb
• regional towns

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anglicare Australia, Everybody’s Home

Places: Australia

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