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Migrants scapegoated as cause of Australia’s housing crisis a ‘disturbing’ trend, advocates say (www.theguardian.com)
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Housing and welfare groups call on Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton to show leadership amid rise in ‘nonsense’ rhetoric

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Who is scapegoating migrants?

Foreign ownership of property by people who will never even see the building they own is not the same as a migrant coming here to live?

Are they trying to conflate being critical of rich cunts buying up properties and sitting on them with actual humans coming here to live?

Edit: After a quick search, this seems to be the new thing as of a month ago when articles mentioning migrants and housing started increasing. Wonder who’s pushing this…

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've got one word to say to you, Kim... Rupert Murdoch.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

bloody Howard

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Articles mentioning immigrants and "the housing crisis" have been all over Canadian media for well over a year. And by Canadian media I mean "U.S. owned media outlets operating within Canada." The narrative has stuck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah but they’ve been recent topics over there yeah? Like I know in the US it’s a big deal.

The media here hasn’t focused on migrants or whatever for about 20 years now. We’ve kinda already done and gotten over the migrant fear phase. So I don’t know who the intended audience is for this propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

the point isn't really to convince anyone on the spot. that's the insidiousness of this kind of propaganda.

it's always there. it will always be there. every time you face a problem in your life, there's an article in your periphery that blames migrants, or minorities, or migrant minorities. and sure, you don't believe them. you're rational and aware that this is manipulation.

but then nothing gets better. there are just even more problems, some completely different in kind. and a bunch of people seem to think it's the migrants and minorities again. but you know that's manipulation.

then you lose your home because the economy is fucked, and you lose your job due to downsizing, and the job market is terrible, and you're heading for poverty. now you're afraid, and sad, and angry, and wondering where you went wrong. you're looking for something to blame, someone to blame.

and there's an article making a very pontificated argument about why this economic and social crisis has been exacerbated by "mass immigration" since about when you first started reading those articles.

a lot of people will start questioning themselves here, and in desperation, look for a way out they haven't tried yet: imagining that the people pushing that message are correct, and campaigning for change. because nothing ever changes for the better.

the rich toast another vintage wineglass.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Dutton isn't making his mark anywhere so his media mates are going back to 'Ol Faithful

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sorry mate, people have been moaning about migrants and airbnb since forever?

It's a complex problem with multiple drivers, but no motivation from the populace to solve any of them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Migrants for housing? Nah. Shit people have been quiet about migrants for a long time now, this isn’t like the boat overboard days.

Airbnb is completely valid to moan about and has nothing to do with migrants.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

We write following the rise in disturbing rhetoric linking Australia’s migration levels to the current housing crisis

Oh please. I don't think you have anything to worry about with any of the major parties. They are full of hot air on this topic, while they might occasionally mention something negative about immigration the truth is they are all for letting in as many of the right type of immigrant at possible as per the wishes of the business council.

And if you think that supply / demand doesn't influence housing prices and wages then I have a selection of bridges you sell you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Asking Dutton to talk fairly is like asking a dog not to shit on the lawn.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The organisations – which include the Australian Council of Social Services, the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia and National Shelter – say decades of poor policy choices by successive governments, including investor tax incentives and the chronic undersupply of social housing, have fuelled the crisis.

They point to fresh analysis from SQM Research that shows weekly asking rents rose by $84 nationally in the two-year period when Australia’s borders were closed between March 2020 and February 2022.

In a letter to Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton, the groups said: “We write following the rise in disturbing rhetoric linking Australia’s migration levels to the current housing crisis.

We are deeply concerned that migrant communities are being scapegoated as the primary reason for this crisis.” The letter did not give examples or criticise any specific politicians.

CoreLogic’s head of residential research, Eliza Owen, said migration had affected the rental market but it was “definitely not fair to only target overseas migrants as something that is contributing to the housing crisis”.

She said a key driver was the change in average household size, which had decreased since the start of the pandemic from about 2.6 people to below 2.5, meaning more homes are need to house the population.

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