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Affordable Homes for All Australians

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Debt hangover � waking up to our nation�s binge - 15/8/08 - FINSIA report which shows just how tought it is for younger generations to buy a home - well worth a look!!

NZ Reserve Bank Governor says it's not a good idea to have tax policies which encourage people to pour money into property - 5/8/08 - important because of his position, and because the NZ tax framework is very similar to Australia

Housing bubble 'set to burst' - 10/8/08 - The Australian

Steve Keen - 4/8/08 - Debtwatch No. 25: How much worse can �It� get?

Housing's downhill run has upside - 6/8/08 - Ross Gittins in SMH

Marc Faber on Lateline Business discussing Australian housing etc (Video right of screen)

Report of the Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability

Australia's Future Tax System - the Government review

Democrats Policy Position on negative gearing and CGT concessions

RBNZ Paper -The Tax System and Housing Demand in NZ (similar system)

UDIA Report into Affordable Home Ownership in Australia (August 2007)

HIA-Commonwealth Bank Affordability Index

4th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2008

Steve Keen - "Deeper in Debt: Australia's addiction to borrowed money"

ABC Four Corners Program - Mortgage Meltdown

Rajapakse, Pelma Jacinth (2005) Residential Mortgage Securitisation in Australia: Some Suggestions for the Reform of Commercial Law and Practice. Ph.D. Thesis, Griffith University. - Important information for all mortgagees!! Be sure to read down into the information.

Are We Heading Back into Another Housing Boom? by Shane Oliver

HIA Media Release 29 May 2007 - Urgent Call for Action

Steve Keens Blog - 3/3/08 - Double or Nothing

The worst crisis in 60 years - 23/1/08 - Financial Times article by George Soros

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Letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Kevin Rudd MP, requesting further immediate action on the housing affordability crisis.

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Books

Robert J Shiller (2005) "Irrational Exuberance" Second Editiion. Double Day

Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss (2005) "Affluenza: When too much is never enough" Allen & Unwin