Australia has faced a housing crisis before – and solved it. We can do it again.

In Our Place, leading policy expert Matt Lloyd-Cape cuts through the noise, showing exactly how our housing system broke. Drawing on the latest research, he reveals that although social housing tenants, renters and first-home buyers are worst affected, the whole of society suffers in a housing crisis. From the rise of far-right politics to intergenerational inequality, the housing crisis is reshaping the nation.

To solve the crisis, Lloyd-Cape argues, we need to think bigger – much bigger. Our Place shows how a bold national housing plan could:

• End homelessness by 2045

• Provide the next generation with appropriate rental standards and an affordable path to home ownership

• Create thriving urban centres away from the capital cities

• Place housing at the heart of an ambitious plan for a fairer and more prosperous Australia.

The tools are within reach. What's missing are leaders willing to rethink the economic and political assumptions that got us here.

Our Place is a powerful, solutions-focused vision for an Australia where everyone has a place to call home.

‘This is a terrific book. I wish I'd written it.’ —Alan Kohler

‘Matt Lloyd-Cape makes a complex crisis feel not just comprehensible but actually solvable. A book about policy with a beating heart.’ —Jamila Rizvi

‘Wonderfully lively and accessible . . . Matt Lloyd-Cape presents a fresh and insightful analysis of Australia’s multi-faceted housing challenge – and some radical ideas to address it.’—Hal Pawson