Oliver Frankel
Oliver Frankel is a former corporate finance and M&A lawyer, who has spent the second half of his career in finance, investment and management. Most recently, he has taken a strong interest in how to address the affordable housing crisis.
Oliver's recent articles
25 November 2022
Housing crisis: Can a universal basic income solve homelessness?
Chalmers first budget critiqued; Why does Australia have a rental crisis?; and Razzhigaeva explores whether a universal basic income can help address homelessness. Read on for the latest monthly digest of articles on housing affordability and homelessness.
26 October 2022
Frankel: Australias housing affordability and homelessness crisis
National Housing and Homelessness Agreement ineffective; Governments must address structural factors leading to housing unaffordability; and First Nations people face discrimination in the private rental market. Read on for the latest monthly digest of articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material about housing stress/affordability and homelessness.
30 September 2022
Frankel: Australias housing affordability and homelessness crisis
1 in 28 indigenous people homeless, Australian rental market hurtling toward disaster, and $575 million committed to affordable housing in this months report on Australias housing affordability and homelessness crisis.
2 September 2022
Oliver Frankel's Monthly digest - Housing is a human right, not a commodity
This is the latest monthly digest of articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material about housing stress/affordability and homelessness.
10 August 2022
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness
This is the latest monthly digest of articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material about housing stress/affordability and homelessness.
18 June 2022
Oliver Frankel: Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness
This is the latest monthly digest of articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material about housing stress/affordability and homelessness.
4 May 2022
Monthly digest on housing stress, affordability and homelessness
This is the latest monthly digest of articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material about housing stress/affordability and homelessness.
6 March 2022
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness
The latest monthly digest of articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material about housing stress/affordability and homelessness.
28 January 2022
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness
This is the latest monthly digest of articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material about housing stress/affordability and homelessness.
23 December 2021
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness
This is the latest monthly digest of articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material about housing stress/affordability and homelessness.
5 December 2021
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness
This is the latest monthly digest of articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material about housing stress/affordability and homelessness.
31 October 2021
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness
This is the latest monthly digest of articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material about housing stress/affordability and homelessness.
30 September 2021
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Aug/Sept 2021
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
30 August 2021
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness July/Aug 2021
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
29 July 2021
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness: June/July 2021
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
27 June 2021
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness ; May/June 2021
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
27 May 2021
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness: April/May 2021
The following is thelatest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness.
29 April 2021
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness: Mar/Apr 2021
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
29 March 2021
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness: Feb/Mar 2021
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness.
3 March 2021
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Jan/Feb 2021
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
27 January 2021
Housing affordability and homelessness monthly digest: Dec 2020/Jan 2021
The latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness.
30 December 2020
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness - Nov/Dec 2020
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
2 December 2020
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Oct/Nov 2020
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
28 October 2020
Housing affordability and homelessness Monthly Digest Sept/Oct 2020
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
29 September 2020
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Aug/Sept 2020
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
1 July 2020
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness May/June 2020
The latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with links to the relevant source.
3 June 2020
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Apr/May 2020
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source. One of the key themes for this instalment is that now is an ideal time for a range of good reasons for government at all levels, led by the Federal Government, to facilitate a massive and much overdue investment in social housing.
29 April 2020
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Mar/Apr 2020
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source. Unsurprisingly, much of the following is Covid-19 focused, as the pandemic has undoubtedly made the relevant issues more pressing than ever, and therefore provided additional impetus for urgently needed reform.
21 April 2020
KERRY GOULSTON, THANH NGUYEN AND OLIVER FRANKEL. Vietnams success in containing Covid-19
Relative to most other countries, including Australia, Vietnam seems to be faring extremely well in the shadow of the current coronavirus pandemic, and has recently earned praise from the WHO. Vietnam had only 275 confirmed cases of Covid-19, and thankfully no deaths from the virus, as at 17 April 2020.
1 April 2020
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Feb/Mar 2020
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source. Although housing affordability and homelessness have featured less in the news over the past month, due to our almost exclusive (and understandable) focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, there is little doubt that the already difficult plight of those suffering housing stress or homelessness has been made substantially worse by the virus and the public health and economic havoc it has caused.
20 February 2020
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Jan/Feb 2020
The following is the latest instalment of a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
22 January 2020
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness late Nov 2019 to mid Jan 2020
This is part of what is normally a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source. Due to the just past Christmas holiday period, this particular digest covers more than the usual monthly period, and is therefore longer than usual.
28 November 2019
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Oct/Nov 2019
This is a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
30 October 2019
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Sept/Oct 2019
This is a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
1 October 2019
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Aug/Sept 2019
This is a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
28 August 2019
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness July/Aug 2019
This is a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
31 July 2019
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness June/July 2019
This is a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
27 June 2019
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness May/June 2019
This is a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
10 May 2019
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Apr/May 2019
This is a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
11 April 2019
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Mar/Apr 2019
This is a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the relevant source.
15 March 2019
Monthly digest on housing affordability and homelessness Feb/Mar 2019
This is the second monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the source.
1 March 2019
Monthly housing digest Jan/Feb 2019
This is the first of what is intended to be a monthly digest of interesting articles, research reports, policy announcements and other material relevant to housing stress/affordability and homelessness with hypertext links to the source material. While the focus is on Australia, the Digest may occasionally include items of significant interest from overseas jurisdictions. See for example the piece about Microsoft in this Digest. This edition is re-posted from Thursday 21 February, and in future will appear on the first Saturday of every month.
3 August 2018
JOHN MENADUE Drug reform series
From next Monday Pearls and Irritations will be posting fifteen articles on the need for drug reform.
28 December 2017
House prices are not necessarily correlated with changes in supply and demand
A recent research report, Regional Housing Supply and Demand in Australia, by the ANUs Centre for Social Research and Methods, has reignited the debate about the relationship between house prices and imbalances in the supply of and demand for housing. Few would dispute that steeply rising prices in some of our largest cities have made homeownership much less affordable in recent years. This has been exacerbated by slow wage growth. Many disagree however on the causes of such rapid price growth, and on what is to be done to improve affordability. The Federal and NSW governments put the blame...
3 October 2017
Mounting housing stress underscores need for expert council to guide wayward policymaking
A recent policy pledge by Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has given fresh heart to campaigners for the restoration of the former National Housing Supply Council (NHSC).
18 April 2017
Sydney house prices - an increase of 18.9% in one year!
With only a month to go to the federal budget, the news that Sydneys median dwelling prices rose by 18.9% in the 12 months to March is sobering. It is surely enough to jolt the Turnbull government into finally adopting bold measures to curb speculative demand in the housing market.Calls to reform negative gearing and/or the overly generous 50% CGT discount are coming thick and fast. David Murray is the latest heavyweight to add to these calls. The Coalition ignores them at its political peril.
29 March 2017
Saul Eslakes well timed warnings help inform the housing affordability debate
Saul Eslake, one of Australias most highly respected independent economists, has sounded some sobering warnings about the impact of declining rates of home ownership (and rising levels of mortgage debt) on Australias retirement income system. He has also once again stressed the need for reform of the demand side of the supply and demand equation affecting housing affordability.
9 March 2017
Victorias recent housing affordability initiatives
Victorias Labor Government has made clear its determination to do something about housing affordability, recently announcing a suite of reforms many aimed at first home buyers. The changes are for the most part designed to boost supply of homes both for purchase and rental. However, they also attempt to lower the barriers to purchase for those on lower incomes. Although well intentioned, and attracting some support from none other than Scott Morrison, they are not without their critics.
7 March 2017
OLIVER FRANKEL. Making housing affordable Drawing inspiration from India and Singapore
Not many of those following the housing affordability debate in Australia would think of looking to India and Singapore for inspiration, yet the experiences of each of these countries are inspiring in their scale and ambition (and in Singapores case, already proven success), and could provide useful lessons for us as we attempt to deal with the housing crisis afflicting many parts of Australia.