Homes Tasmanians can actually afford
- Direct government employment of skilled workers and apprentices
- State land releases and mass material purchasing
- Homes sold at cost plus 5–10%
- Fixed-rate home loans at 2% over the full term
Housing has gone from bad to lockout. Last year a typical income qualified for less than 10 percent of homes sold. This year a household on about $91,000 can afford 6 percent. Worst in the country. People do not have babies they cannot house.
The 10,000 affordable homes target still feels out of reach. Too many hands in the pie.
Let’s cut out the middlemen and build homes people can actually afford. Direct government employment of tradies and apprentices, government land releases, mass material purchasing, built home sales at cost plus 5 to 10 percent, and a 2 percent fixed full-term loan is still the path.
Cut the consultants and get building the future stability of housing for families. Lower housing costs mean more money spent locally. It may also get us closer to the 2.1 birth rate we need.
This is a Tasmania-wide job. It does not wait on whichever ballot I am on. A state that cannot house nurses, carers and young families will keep exporting its children.