# Can Housing Be Fixed Without Hurting Investors?

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-elephant-in-the-room-property-podcast-inside-australian-real-estate-1140810/can-housing-be-fixed-without-hurting-investors
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-elephant-in-the-room-property-podcast-inside-australian-real-estate-1140810/can-housing-be-fixed-without-hurting-investors.md
Podcast: [The Elephant In The Room Property Podcast | Inside Australian Real Estate](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-elephant-in-the-room-property-podcast-inside-australian-real-estate-1140810)
Published: 2026-05-24T20:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/438
Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/07e5e520-7be3-49c6-9edc-5f23cb5d4c90.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-elephant-in-the-room-property-podcast-inside-australian-real-estate-1140810/episodes/can-housing-be-fixed-without-hurting-investors
Duration seconds: 3361

## Resource

Australia’s housing crisis is no longer just affecting low-income households — as rents rise faster than wages and affordability declines, more middle-income earners and essential workers are being pushed into housing stress. In this episode, we sit down with Maiy Azize from Anglicare Australia and Everybody’s Home to unpack why this shift is happening and what it reveals about the structure of Australia’s housing system. We challenge some of the biggest assumptions shaping today’s housing debate — from whether supply alone can solve affordability, to the role of property investors, and how tax settings like negative gearing and capital gains tax may be influencing the market. The conversation explores how investor behaviour has evolved, why rental pressure has intensified, and whether Australia has become too reliant on private investors to deliver housing outcomes. We also explore the unintended consequences of investor-driven markets, the rise of borderless investing into regional towns, the growing divide between homeowners and renters, and why more Australians are feeling locked out of stable housing—even when they’re earning decent incomes. Along the way, the conversation tackles negative gearing, capital gains tax, public housing, Airbnb, rental affordability, and the growing pressure facing communities across both capital cities and regional Australia. This is not a simple “investors vs renters” conversation. It’s a nuanced debate about what happens when housing becomes both a human need and a financial asset—and whether Australia can realistically fix affordability without rethinking the role of government, investors, and the private market altogether. Episode Highlights 02:40 – What Rental Stress Really Means Today 07:52 – How Tax Settings Reshaped Landlords…

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-elephant-in-the-room-property-podcast-inside-australian-real-estate-1140810/episodes/can-housing-be-fixed-without-hurting-investors/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-elephant-in-the-room-property-podcast-inside-australian-real-estate-1140810/can-housing-be-fixed-without-hurting-investors.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.