Thank you to everyone for joining Housing as if it were a Red Hot Emergency.The night was filled with rich conversations, addressing fundamental questions and community members eager to take action. We looked at why one off housing subsidies keep resetting to market, why land is the structural lever, and how Community Land Trusts can hold

This submission draws on applied work in housing policy, including contributions to inquiries on capital gains tax, land rent schemes, planning reform, and the Grounded in Affordability report. Intergenerational housing inequity in Australia reflects a persistent imbalance in how housing policy distributes benefit and risk across cohorts. Over time, policy settings have enabled gains to

Image: Salt lakes’ ‘unreal’ rainbow of colours captured by Scott Jon McCook in WA’s Wheatbelt When Western Australia opened a parliamentary inquiry into land rent schemes, ABC Perth Drive turned to Karl Fitzgerald to explain why it matters. Karl is the Managing Director of Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy, he was invited to make a

Executive summary Key recommendations for the 2026-27 Federal Budget: Purpose This submission updates and extends Grounded’s previous Federal Budget submission, incorporating subsequent work on negative gearing and capital gains tax reform, land banking, short-term rentals, and Community Land Trusts (CLTs) as essential housing infrastructure.  The central argument remains unchanged. Demand-side housing policy continues to inflate

This submission examines the operation of the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount and its effects on housing markets, investment behaviour, and Australia’s economic structure. It demonstrates that the CGT discount, particularly when combined with negative gearing, has become a structural driver of land price inflation, investor dominance, and widening inequality, while actively undermining productivity and

Housing isn’t just built anymore. It’s predicted. The deepest divide in today’s property market isn’t between buyers and sellers – it’s between those who see the data first and those who don’t. This is the new information divide: they see the tide turning before we notice the swell. Developers and property funds now fuse datasets