Australia’s housing system is failing households — and it’s failing productivity. Housing stress reduces geographic mobility, suppresses entrepreneurship, deepens inequality, and inflates public costs. A more efficient, secure, and equitable housing system is now a productivity imperative.
Grounded Submission to the Productivity Roundtable Read More »
Grounded AGM will be held on Tuesday 5 August, 6-7PM. Make sure to RSVP.
GROUNDED AGM NOTICE 2025 Read More »
This NAIDOC Week, as we honour the strength and survival of First Nations communities and celebrate The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy, let’s also imagine a housing future that begins with Country, not capital. One where land isn’t something to own, but something to belong to.
From Dispossession to Possibility: Why Land Belongs to Community Read More »
Join us for a community conversation about how we can reclaim housing from a system that has failed us.
EVENT: What if We Owned the Housing Solution! Read More »
This EOFY, we’re asking you to support our bold new 10-Friends Campaign, a grassroots model helping friends, families and communities pool resources to buy land and create permanently affordable homes.
EOFY Appeal: Help Us Launch the 10-Friends Campaign Read More »
Submission: Inquiry into the supply of homes in regional Victoria We understand the Victorian government’s preference for township development, but we are concerned that this rewards land bankers surrounding each town. Most towns generally have a dominant landholder who owns valuable land sites and holds it for rent-seeking purposes. The Vacant Residential Land Tax is
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Australia’s housing crisis demands more than short-term subsidies and recycled policy. In Grounded in Affordability: The Economic Case for CLTs, Karl Fitzgerald outlines how Community Land Trusts (CLTs) offer a smarter, self-sustaining alternative. With a 60% lower deposit barrier and long-term affordability, CLTs deliver housing security while recycling public investment. Unlike one-time grants, CLTs reduce housing costs by 39% and generate local economic benefits—over $9 million per 20-home development across 30 years. This proven model helps future generations access secure housing and shifts the focus from speculation to sustainability. It’s time to make housing policy work—for people, not profit.
A Smarter Way to Fix Housing: Why CLTs Deliver More for Less Read More »
Our new report Grounded in Affordability: The Economic Case for CLTs has launched. Here is the media release.
Grounded in Affordability MR 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’.
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Join us on Wednesday 2 April 2025 for the launch of our new report ‘Grounded in Affordability: The Economic Case for Community Land Trusts’.
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