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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose

Only five cities worldwide are more unaffordable than Sydney for housing, thinktank says

Sydney housing
Sydney’s housing affordability problem threatens to squash the city’s startup ecosystem and make it even harder for people with business ideas to make them a reality. Photograph: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

Sydney’s chronic housing crisis is costing the economy more than $10bn a year, according to research from the Committee for Sydney thinktank that also found just five major cities around the world were more unaffordable.

Researchers found the costs were being felt most by young Sydneysiders at the start of their careers who were affected by an inability to find affordable housing near their work, leading to a costly loss in productivity.

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