Executive Summary Introduction Grounded welcomes the opportunity to contribute to Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s Affordable Housing Policy. The fall in affordable rental supply from 17% to 5.5% in less than a decade highlights a structural affordability failure, not a temporary imbalance. Traditional supply responses have often reinforced scarcity and inflated land values. To reverse this […]
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How privatised land data and platform finance hollow out democracy, and why CommunityLand Trusts (CLTs) are the circuit breaker.
The Map Was Public. The Tolls Are Private. Read More »
Grounded has made a submission on the proposed Help to Buy regulations. While we welcome stronger consumer protections, the scheme risks inflating housing prices, obscuring real costs, and missing the chance to deliver permanent affordability.
Submission: Help to Buy Regulations 2025 Read More »
Australia’s housing affordability crisis is fundamentally a land problem. CLTs provide a structural alternative
Why Community Land Trusts? Read More »
This resource outlines principles and practices councils can adopt to ensure their land dealings contribute to community resilience, affordability, and sustainability.
Council Land Disposal and Acquisition Policy – Community Value Framework Read More »
Join us on Wednesday 2 April 2025 for the launch of our new report ‘Grounded in Affordability: The Economic Case for Community Land Trusts’.
Download Grounded in Affordability Report Read More »
Karl Fitzgerald will present the details behind the report ‘Airbnb: From housing problem to solution’. This is world first research, with a cap ‘n trade system proposed to cap airbnbs, reduce their number, auction off operational licences and channel the funding towards affordable housing (Community Land Trusts). Two outcomes, one policy, zero government cost. Some
Channelling Airbnb Profits Towards Community Land Trusts Read More »
