Writer
Karl Fitzgerald
Karl Fitzgerald is the Managing Director of Grounded Community Land Trust Advocacy, where he is working towards the establishment of perpetually affordable housing. He has a long history of tax reform, protecting Victorian communities from speculative behaviour (vacancy taxes, rezoning windfalls, land taxes).
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Wall Street’s corporate landlords lack accountability in Australia
Inches upon inches of press releases have heralded how Build to Rent (BTR) is coming to Australia to provide affordable and stable rentals. However, the draft legislation released by Minister Collins contains precious little for public interest outcomes. Continue reading »
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Unprecedented land price increase provokes division across society.
As our federal politicians look the other way whilst housing prices continue to escalate, a national record reminds why this issue won’t go away. Continue reading »
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Australia’s runaway land price problem
The nation is set to break land price inflation records in three of the next five years, based on past land price growth averages. It is time to act on past tax inquiries. Continue reading »
