How the Federal Budget affects housing
2016/17 Federal Budget ends any commitment from the Commonwealth towards addressing homelessness – Homelessness Australia
Budget 2016: Why the super crackdown could add fuel to the housing affordability fire – SMH
Budget ignores housing affordability – National Shelter
Some positive directions, but budget locks in harsh cuts – with more likely to come – ACOSS

Taxation levers
Ideas for Australia: Five ideas to help fix Australia’s tax system – The Conversation
Australia’s soaring housing costs signal need for a new economic consensus – The Conversation
The tax reform right under Turnbull’s nose – UNSW City Futures Blog
Negative gearing is simply a form of tax avoidance: Saul Eslake – Property Observer
Challenge to Mike Baird: replace stamp duty and gift the NSW economy $5b – SMH
Scrap or preserve negative gearing? Here’s six other options worth debating – The Conversation

Affordable Housing
Affordable housing policy of Ryde Council promises results – Steven Deare, Northern District Times
How the Baird government failed to make developers work for their millions – Jacob Saulwick, SMH
An open letter to the young people of Australia – Scott Pape, The Barefoot Investor

Housing, Planning & Infrastructure
How big is a house? Average house size by country – RenewEconomy
Governments still choosing the wrong transport projects – The Conversation
Does Australia really have a housing shortage? – Jessica Irvine, The Age
New plan to put roofs over heads of homeless being considered in NSW – abcnews
You think housing affordability is a problem? At least you’ve got houses – the drum
Hong Kong’s MTR: Taking a ride on the world’s most envied metro system – CNN
High-rise living at train stations is ‘suburban cellulite’, warns healthy cities expert – SMH