Our Place

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An evidence-based guide to solving Australia's housing crisis from a leading policy expert

Australia has faced a housing crisis before - and solved it. We can do it again.

In Our Place, leading policy expert Matt Lloyd-Cape cuts through the noise, showing exactly how our housing system broke. Drawing on the latest research, he reveals that although social housing tenants, renters and first-home buyers are worst affected, the whole of society suffers in a housing crisis. From the rise of far-right politics to intergenerational inequality, the housing crisis is reshaping the nation.

To solve the crisis, Lloyd-Cape argues, we need to think bigger - much bigger. Our Place shows how a bold national housing plan could:

End homelessness by 2045
Provide the next generation with appropriate rental standards and an affordable path to home ownership
Create thriving urban centres away from the capital cities
Place housing at the heart of an ambitious plan for a fairer and more prosperous Australia.

The tools are within reach. What's missing are leaders willing to rethink the economic and political assumptions that got us here.

Our Place is a powerful, solutions-focused vision for an Australia where everyone has a place to call home.

'This is a terrific book. I wish I'd written it.' -Alan Kohler

'Matt Lloyd-Cape makes a complex crisis feel not just comprehensible but actually solvable. A book about policy with a beating heart.' -Jamila Rizvi

'Wonderfully lively and accessible . . . Matt Lloyd-Cape presents a fresh and insightful analysis of Australia's multi-faceted housing challenge - and some radical ideas to address it.'-Hal Pawson

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781760645915
Published: September 2026

Number of pages: 288
Width: 155 mm
Height: 233 mm
Depth: 20 mm

Publisher: Black Inc.