Michael Pascoe: Join the dots for housing policy failure

As the pandemic hit in 2020, the government was urged to spend big on social housing. That didn't happen, writes Michael Pascoe. Photo: Getty

Near-stagnant national social housing investment, Sydney’s median house price hits $1.6 million, a shortage of building materials, soaring rents, worsening affordability – join the dots of this week’s stories to see monumental government policy failure.

And, at least at the federal level, we’re set for more of the same, by the smell of the latest housing inquiry.