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I guess that comes down to a philosphical view about where (if at all) you have a safety net in society. I dont think anyone denies that there are people who rort the system, but having an inadequate safety net (im talking about in general, not just housing) leads to problems in its own right...

The policy is designed to get marginalised people into decent housing. If you built a house x% below median price and got your rebate, would you not then try and find the best possible tenant? If the prospective tenant was "receiving Family Tax Benefit Part A and the maximum amount of...

Increases the supply of rental properties. Does not increase the supply of total properties on the market. So some of the would be home buyers get outbid by (the now increased number of) investors and become renters. The increased competition for tenants will be offset by the...

I think the point of the policy is to strengthen the safety net for the disadvantaged, not to lead to a generalised reduction in rent for those who can afford to pay. They did a similar thing with Medicare - incentives to bulk bill concession card holders, but very little to stop out of pocket...

The Office of Housing takes alot of flack for not keeping their houses in livable condition. Now they have a chronic build up of maintainence issues. Likely they simply dont have the funds to keep up. Now Big Brother (aka the federal government) is coming to the rescue of a problem left...