{"id":18985,"date":"2026-06-14T19:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T09:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/?p=18985"},"modified":"2026-06-15T08:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T22:21:35","slug":"affordable-housing-is-just-down-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/affordable-housing-is-just-down-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS JUST DOWN THE ROAD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18985\" class=\"elementor elementor-18985\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ff562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ff562\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61b14b6\" data-id=\"61b14b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0e8c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0e8c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>The current housing crisis in Australia has not come out of the blue, it has been building for over thirty years as successive governments have failed to take measures to alleviate the rising cost of housing, particularly by their almost total abandonment of public housing construction. 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