Migration is not to blame for Australia’s housing shortage

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My Japanese parents’ contribution to Australia is greater than the house they took off the market. Policy failures, not migration, have caused this housing crisis.

When my parents migrated to Australia 33 years ago, Japan was at the height of its economic power. They were often asked why they moved when business was booming in Japan. In 1990, Australia’s annual production was about $450 billion compared to $4.8 trillion for Japan.Immigration is often blamed for Australia surging house prices, rather than decades of failure domestic policy.

Blaming migrants is not new. They’ve historically been a convenient scapegoat to explain economic problems because “they” are not “us”. It’s easier to blame someone else than to face our own problems. The shortage in tradies, especially during the pandemic, has been well documented. Training more Bob the Builders, especially when we have a labour shortage, will take time. Bringing in workers with the required skills fast-tracks that process and gets construction under way faster.

 

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