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Housing

Notes from Tokyo
What I learned about housing and transport from walking Tokyo’s Yamanote rail loop.
The importance of supply and demand
It’s a law, for goodness sake! Housing affordability requires addressing both supply and demand, not dismissing basic economic principles that explain how markets clear.
The housing crisis may not self-correct
Without building more houses, Australia’s deteriorating demographics may even make the housing crisis worse.
I was wrong about luxury apartments
Building luxury apartments might be the most effective form of supply for boosting overall housing affordability.
Luxury apartments make all housing more affordable
New housing, even luxury, will help to ease the affordability crisis.