Governments spent $20.5b on first home buyer help that pushes up prices: report - Sydney Morning Herald

Stamp duty concessions and cash grants have made housing affordability worse by increasing the amount home buyers pay to home sellers, the report author said.

He said that money was wasted by making housing affordability worse, and it has benefitted existing homeowners instead. Its worse than a waste [of money]. Its money that has gone into making a probl… [+2815 chars]

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