{"id":3322,"date":"2025-11-17T13:34:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/?p=3322"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:11:12","slug":"converting-owner-occupier-homes-into-rentals-does-not-change-the-overall-supply-of-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/converting-owner-occupier-homes-into-rentals-does-not-change-the-overall-supply-of-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Converting owner-occupier homes into rentals does not change the overall supply of housing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3323 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Picture5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Picture5.png 270w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Picture5-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3332\" src=\"https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/White-and-Green-Simple-Business-Card-Newsletter-Poster-42-x-28.7-cm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/White-and-Green-Simple-Business-Card-Newsletter-Poster-42-x-28.7-cm.png 1920w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/White-and-Green-Simple-Business-Card-Newsletter-Poster-42-x-28.7-cm-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/White-and-Green-Simple-Business-Card-Newsletter-Poster-42-x-28.7-cm-1024x700.png 1024w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/White-and-Green-Simple-Business-Card-Newsletter-Poster-42-x-28.7-cm-768x525.png 768w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/White-and-Green-Simple-Business-Card-Newsletter-Poster-42-x-28.7-cm-1536x1050.png 1536w, https:\/\/pistis.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/White-and-Green-Simple-Business-Card-Newsletter-Poster-42-x-28.7-cm-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>ABC News: John Gunn<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The article suggests several positive impacts for the construction sector:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The commentary by economist Saul Eslake notes that if investors shift their focus from buying existing dwellings to <strong>building or purchasing new properties<\/strong>, this would contribute to increasing the housing supply \u2014 which implies more new construction activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Because rental demand surged (as described by Tim Lawless: \u201cA surge in rental demand, initially from smaller households and later amplified by reopened borders, ran head-long into a supply shock\u2026\u201d) this strong demand sets the stage for heightened building activity, as more supply would be needed to meet that demand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The article points out that current tax concessions could be redirected to favour investors who <strong>build new dwellings<\/strong> rather than purchasing existing ones, which again has the potential to stimulate construction of new homes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Tim Lawless:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cA surge in rental demand, initially from smaller households and later amplified by reopened borders, ran head-long into a supply shock\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The combined effect is two-fold: in the rental market, vacancy rates remain extremely low and landlords are in a position to push rents higher; in the housing and construction market, because more investment is directed toward existing properties instead of new builds, the growth of new housing supply lags behind demand. This means the building sector has less impetus to construct new dwellings, and the overall housing shortage remains a pressing issue<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Tim Lawless:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cA surge in rental demand, initially from smaller households and later amplified by reopened borders, ran head-long into a supply shock\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The combined effect is two-fold: in the rental market, vacancy rates remain extremely low and landlords are in a position to push rents higher; in the housing and construction market, because more investment is directed toward existing properties instead of new builds, the growth of new housing supply lags behind demand. This means the building sector has less impetus to construct new dwellings, and the overall housing shortage remains a pressing issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-11-16\/property-investors-boosting-supply-of-rentals-or-dwellings\/106012670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2025-11-16\/property-investors-boosting-supply-of-rentals-or-dwellings\/106012670<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ABC News: John Gunn The article suggests several positive impacts for the construction sector: The commentary by economist Saul Eslake notes that if investors shift their focus from buying existing dwellings to building or purchasing new properties, this would contribute to increasing the housing supply \u2014 which implies more new [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/converting-owner-occupier-homes-into-rentals-does-not-change-the-overall-supply-of-housing\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Converting owner-occupier homes into rentals does not change the overall supply of housing.<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3322"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3338,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3322\/revisions\/3338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pistis.au\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}