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今年八月初，Residential Development Council (RDC)的一份最新住房研究报告显示，除了人口增长，经济畅旺，失业率创30年新低等原因外，综合而言，还有另外三个因素导致了目前的住房危机：
1）供应房地产市场的土地太少，导致价格急剧上涨；
2）房屋购买者所要承担的各种税负、规费越来越高；
3）各个城市的房屋规划严重滞后、迟缓，而且花费巨大。
在过去五年里，新房屋所要缴纳的税款占总支出的25～33％，飙升了3到4倍。各州和地方council的做法使得新房购买者需要平均多付出$100,000元左右。
Own home an 'unattainable dream'
August 01, 2007 06:00am Article from: AAP
HOME ownership has become an unattainable dream for many low-to middle-income earners in Australia.
The Beyond Reach report, undertaken by the Residential Development Council (RDC), examines the cost of owning or renting a house or unit for six household “types”, comprising different family and wage structures, in 16 metropolitan locations across the country.
It shows owning a median-price home in almost any location in Australia requires a combined household income of about $100,000, while the average annual wage for workers is $55,000 a year.
According to the report, not one of the 16 locations studied offered a median-priced home that was affordable on that level of income.
In calculating affordability, the report used two different measures - that no more than 30 per cent of household incomes should go on housing costs, and a property should cost no more than three to four times the median household income.
RDC executive director Ross Elliott said the research provided a more human angle on the affordability crisis.
“If key workers necessary for society and the economy to function are being denied entry to the housing market, or if the option of a single income family is now completely shattered by the price of housing, we are faced with obvious long-term social and economic consequences,” he said.
Who's to blame?
Mr Elliott said there were three major contributing factors to the housing affordability crisis: a lack of supply of land which had created artificial pressure on prices; a rapid escalation of upfront homebuyer taxes, fees, levies and charges; and excessive delays and costs in town planning decisions.
Mr Elliott said RDC research showed that taxes on new homes were between 25 per cent and 33 per cent of the cost - a rise of 300 per cent to 400 per cent in the last five years.
“State and local governments have added up to $100,000 to the price of a new home in the form of unsubstantiated home buyer infrastructure levies,” he said.
“They've added to the problem by deliberately refusing to release sufficient land in the naive belief that people will be forced to live in higher density housing close to the city.
“Then to make matters worse, they've presided over a worsening planning and development assessment system which is taking years longer and costing a great deal more for decisions but delivering no net benefit to the community and higher housing costs are the result.”
Call on Federal Government
Mr Elliott called on the Federal Government to step in, despite supply, taxes and planning being state government responsibilities.
He said a high level group was needed to bring all levels of government together to tackle the issue, including the fast-tracking of a 10-point plan from the national Development Assessment Forum to reform planning systems.
“The Federal Government cannot stand by and watch the future economic prosperity of a generation of Australians ruined by the policies of state and local government,” he said.
“They need to intervene.”
The RDC is the national residential advocacy arm of the Property Council of Australia. |
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