John Cain Lunch (October): Our Place, with Matt Lloyd-Cape
Matt Lloyd-Cape
Author of "Our Place" and Per Capita Research Fellow
An evidence-based guide to solving Australia’s housing crisis from a leading policy expert.
Australia has faced a housing crisis before – and solved it. We can do it again.
In Our Place, leading policy expert Matt Lloyd-Cape cuts through the noise, showing exactly how our housing system broke. Drawing on the latest research, he reveals that although social housing tenants, renters and first-home buyers are worst affected, the whole of society suffers in a housing crisis. From the rise of far-right politics to intergenerational inequality, the housing crisis is reshaping the nation.
To solve the crisis, Lloyd-Cape argues, we need to think bigger – much bigger. Our Place shows how a bold national housing plan could:
- End homelessness by 2045
- Provide the next generation with appropriate rental standards and an affordable path to home ownership
- Create thriving urban centres away from the capital cities
- Place housing at the heart of an ambitious plan for a fairer and more prosperous Australia.
The tools are within reach. What’s missing are leaders willing to rethink the economic and political assumptions that got us here.
Join us for lunch as we hear from author and Per Capita research fellow Matt Lloyd-Cape about his timely new book.
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‘This is a terrific book. I wish I’d written it.’ —Alan Kohler
‘Matt Lloyd-Cape makes a complex crisis feel not just comprehensible but actually solvable. A book about policy with a beating heart.’ —Jamila Rizvi
Matt Lloyd-Cape joined Per Capita in 2019, and in 2022 he was the founding director of the Centre for Equitable Housing, where he is now the principal fellow. He is a prominent commentator and adviser on housing issues.
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