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Re: Home Sweet Home vs Home Street Home
Reply #15 - Feb 5^th, 2013 at 4:41am

John Smith wrote on Feb 4^th, 2013 at 10:47pm:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jul 17^th, 2012 at 4:59pm:

Lisa Jones wrote on Jul 17^th, 2011 at 11:01am:

Housing has always been a difficult and tricky political issue in Oz.

The state/federal govts of both sides of politics have struggled with the concept of affordable and accessible housing for a number of centuries.

Trying to maintain a roof over one's head isn't something we can all relate to .. but for many it's a daily and harsh reality.

And for some, home = the street.

What are the forces/causes functioning behind all this? Are they systemic or individual driven?

What are your thoughts and/or experiences?

In some places there just isnt anything to buy or rent. Canberra for example. Doesnt matter if you have money if there just isnt anywhere to live. What comes up occasionally is way overpriced. For some reason the governments all want us to get the population higher but they dont want to provide affordable housing.

Property developers - especially the ones that want to build those lil retirement villages and self contained lil housing estates cant get loans to develop or even approval from govt.

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rubbish ... I was actually surprised to find out they can get loans without a deposit ... all they have to do is pre sell 20% of the plan and the banks will accept that in lieu of a deposit.

Sure, you still need some start up money, but thats probably a good thing ... you wouldn't want every tom dick and harry who swings a hammer thinking they can do it only to leave the customer out of pocket when they discover they cannot.

Again with the pre-selling. Who is going to buy it when its not built yet? I know developers that have been in that position.

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