Australia didn’t run out of housing. We priced people out with policy. $5.1 Trillion land uplift in a decade. Grounded’s 2026 Pre Budget Submission: CLTs as infrastructure + tax reform + end land banking incentives + STR + algorithm oversight.
Read here: https://sbee.link/-custom-by-source-0-
Victoria’s Budget must stop treating homes like a wheel of quick cash. Grounded’s submission argues for a system architecture for scalable affordability, money put into homes that stay affordable forever, not demand side payments that inflate prices.
Read here: bit.ly/vbs26
Vacant land shouldn’t be a tax haven for hoarders, it should house people. We can activate idle sites with time limited land tax relief that pays out only when tiny homes are delivered and occupied. Bees get tax breaks. Tiny homes should too. Read our plan → https://bit.ly/vbs26
ABS: Australia’s fertility rate is record low - unaffordable housing is forcing couples to forgo kids. First home buyers reach 12% of the market; prices: NSW 40%, VIC 20%, QLD/SA 80%. Include CLTs in a national fertility strategy that cut costs by 39% and keep homes near schools, jobs & transport.
This Christmas, don’t just wish for affordable housing - find the pathway.
Our Resource Hub brings together the evidence and tools to act; in depth research; submissions to Help to Buy, Build to Rent; webinars and a suite of toolkits.
Host a community event to turn support into local organising.
The National AI Plan launched this week completely ignores the role of AI in further entrenching the advantages property investors have over society. We must protect our communities! Let's govern housing trading like we do sharemarket trading.
The National AI Plan launched this week completely ignores the role of AI in further entrenching the advantages property investors have over society. We must protect our communities! Let's govern housing trading like we do sharemarket trading.
Community Land Trusts are the stewardship vehicle we need to change the property fetish causing so much pain
The extent of market failure across the economy is such that the Australian charity sector is bigger than the construction sector (ACNC Charities report 2025). But ATO rules block charities like ours from attaining tax deductible funding. That's why we are passionate about this campaign
Has the privatisation of property data created a material advantage for investors — an information asymmetry that looks a lot like insider trading?
It’s time regulators treated #housing data like the financial infrastructure it has become. Then we have a chance to protect our communities.
After the fires, Lahaina refused to be displaced. They built the Lahaina Community Land Trust, a model of community-led recovery rooted in trust, aloha ʻāina (love for the land), and housing justice. #CommunityLandTrusts ➡️ shelterforce.org/2025/10/08/h...
A Community Land Trust (CLTs) resident can save ⭐ $153,000 over 12 years ⭐ compared to the market.
✅ That’s money for education, health, and security—not lost to inflated mortgages and land speculation.
Ready for a better way? 🔗 sbee.link/nwr3g7mfdt #housing #affordablehousing
Australia privatised its land registries. Public maps became private tolls. Community Land Trusts can reset the map toward fairer cities.
Read here → grounded.org.au/the-map-was...
Our submission on Help to Buy is in. Biggest concerns? *Inflated prices *Hidden fiscal costs *No perpetual affordability 💡 Shared equity could work better. Tie it to Community Land Trusts → permanent affordability, real public benefit: sbee.link/6phagtynb8 #HousingCrisis #HelpToBuy
“A CLT can say we want to shield this land to ensure that locals come first and from that we’ll be able to provide housing for the nurses and teachers and doctors who we need,” - Karl Fitzgerald #communitylandtrusts #housingjustice #affordablehousing
The housing market isn’t “natural ”, it’s coded 🤖 google maps to rent-bots, algorithms are driving scarcity and rent hikes with cartel-like precision. But it doesn’t have to remain dystopian. Technology can be used for justice 👉 karlfitzgerald.substack.com/p/the-code-i...
Airbnb and other short-stay rentals are draining supply from regional housing markets. Grounded’s Karl Fitzgerald says it’s time for a licensing system that caps growth and reinvests profits into long-term affordability through Community Land Trusts 👉 sbee.link/-custom-by-source-0-
This isn’t about being anti-technology. It’s about choosing which algorithms shape our lives, and which ones don’t get to.
The algorithm is watching 👀 So are we!
Subscribe now: karlfitzgerald.substack.com
Community Land Trusts do this 👉 grounded.org.au
They’re not just affordable, they’re insulated. They remove land from speculation. They hold it for people, not price points. They can’t be priced out by an app
So what do we do?
We need to expose this logic, demand algorithmic transparency in real estate, and build structural alternatives that aren’t just cheaper, but untouchable by manipulation.
👉 grounded.org.au/Grounded-in-...
Your rent was set by a bot 🤖 Algorithms are already driving rents and speculation in housing, but policymakers are years behind. Read our new piece and subscribe to ⭐ The Algorithm That Ate My Neighbourhood ⭐ karlfitzgerald.substack.com/p/your-rent-... #proptech #housing
Land belongs to community, not the market. This #NAIDOC2025 🖤💛❤️ we’re reflecting on how Community Land Trusts (CLTs) can be part of restoring land justice and housing security on unceded Aboriginal lands. Read 🔗 grounded.org.au/from-dispos...
#NAIDOC2025 #LandBack #HousingJustice
1 week to go!🏡 What if we owned the housing solution? Join the convo on CLTs, homes that stay affordable + communities in control. 🗓️ Wed 16 July, 6PM📍 Castlemaine or Livestream 🎟️ RSVP: sbee.link/jdpe7vnbuq #HousingJustice #CLTs #Castlemaine #Grounded
📣 EVENT ✨ What If We Owned the Housing Solution? ✨ WEDNESDAY 16 JULY 💚 Join us for a community conversation about how we can reclaim housing from a system that has failed us. From ‘me’ to ‘we’, it’s time to bring housing home REGISTER NOW: sbee.link/wptqbgcrnj
#housingjustice
Charities now employ more Australians than construction and manufacturing. If this doesn’t show how much the market system relies on patch-ups, what does? Read the full report
👉 sbee.link/da7vtmbqfw
#Charity #CharitySector #Australia #AusPol
🚨 48% of income now goes to mortgage repayments ⁉️ We are 60% over the housing stress benchmark
If any other system failed this badly, we’d overhaul it! It's time to✨decommodify housing✨and back real solutions like #CommunityLandTrusts 🏘️ JOIN US 👉https://sbee.link/bqpxnu63wd
On 30th June, we host an event with Michael Hudson, Steve Keen and Hannah Appel.
They will discuss Debt, Empire and the future.
The event will be streamed live on our Youtube page. Come along!
www.youtube.com/live/FAgj66z...
At Grounded, we believe that land and housing should serve people, not profit. Community Land Trusts (CLTs) offer a real alternative 🏘️ Let’s build a future where communities - not speculators - own the land beneath their feet 🔗https://sbee.link/v6nq9bwret
What exactly is World CLT Day? 🤔 #WorldCLTDay2025 aims to celebrate, promote, and amplify the global #CommunityLandTrust (CLT) movement. It is a chance to spotlight our diverse CLT community and celebrate affordable housing, land justice, and community empowerment 💚 worldcltday.org