WA’s Land Rent Inquiry gave the perfect platform to compile our leading thinking on how land rent schemes can best work. Time for government to commit to perpetually affordable outcomes, rather than these one hit wonders pushing prices higher.
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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
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Based on a presentation to PIA’s Rural, Regional amd Remote conference. The powerpoint is below. This op-ed was published in their Planning Newsletter. Across Australia, planners are being asked to solve housing shortages using tools designed for growth, not for managing speculative land markets. The dominant policy response remains consistent: release more land, accelerate approvals,
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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
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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
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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
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2026-27 Victorian Budget submission About the proponent Grounded is an independent Victorian housing economics and policy organisation specialising in land, affordability, and community-led housing models. We have made multiple submissions to Victorian budgets and housing reviews, with a focus on Community Land Trusts, shared equity, rural housing access, and land-based policy mechanisms that suppress speculative
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 »
