Social researcher, policy expert and founding Director of Per Capita’s Centre for Equitable Housing, Matt Lloyd Cape, joined us for our October 2026 John Cain Lunch to discuss his new book, “Our Place: How to Solve the Housing Crisis and Rebuild the Australian Dream.” Watch the recording below.
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.