More public housing means more affordable housing and less pressure on the private rental market.
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Official account of the ACTU Join the movement for change - ausunions.io/joinbl Authorised by Melissa Donnelly, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne.
![Twenty-six years ago, the average dwelling price in Australia was equal to nine years and four months’ worth of per-capita household disposable income. In the first three months of this year, the average dwelling price of $1.11m was equivalent to 17 years and four months of current average household disposable income.
If dwelling prices were 10% lower, they would be equal to 15 years and seven months – or where it was three years ago:
[Chart showing that]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ebyirfmcml2wmydrexhxu27t/bafkreiakpj4kzwabr3rr5wajwcjudsbcahdi7qijzu2ufiiqtma4urkc2u)
