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The ‘affordable’ housing policies that subsidised a rental unit listed for $925 a week

The ‘affordable’ housing policies that subsidised a rental unit listed for $925 a week

by Adam Carey | May 19, 2026 | News

Australia’s multibillion-dollar investment in social and affordable housing is helping to pay for thousands of relatively high-priced new apartments that people on lower incomes cannot afford and in some cases are explicitly blocked from occupying. An analysis of...

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