Eight Housing Affordability Myths

Centre for Independent Studies
Economics
Foreign Investment
House Prices
Author

Stephen Kirchner

Published

July 10, 2014

I have published a new Issue Analysis with the Centre for Independent Studies, Eight Housing Affordability Myths. In the paper, I show how a number of highly persistent myths about the nature of housing markets, the dynamics of house prices and the drivers of housing affordability condition public policy to focus on excessively on housing demand at the expense of housing supply.