Class not cohort:why “intergenerational inequity” is the wrong frame for thinking about access to housing and home ownership in Australia

🫧 Open on Bubbles Some brief notes written in response to a request from the Parliamentary Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity) Class not cohort The current crisis reflects the interaction between three main forces Changes in the life course meaning that most major stages of life are reached later than in the past. These include completion of education, entry into the mainstream labour force, family formation, childbirth, retirement and death. Growing inequality, particularly in relat