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HomeBuilder might be the most-complex least-equitable construction jobs program ever devised

  • Written by Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Adelaide
HomeBuilder might be the most-complex least-equitable construction jobs program ever devisedJason Pofahl/Unsplash

HomeBuilder is a good idea gone bad. It is possibly the most complex and least equitable program the government could have devised to deliver construction jobs.

It gives $25,000 to people who already own a home or already have enough money to buy one while delivering a minimal stimulus to extra construction. It isn’t a...

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