The Great Immigration/Housing Scam, By James Reed

Nation First reports on the great immigration/housing scam, how out-of-control mass immigration is fuelling a housing/accommodation nightmare. Here is my take on this inspired by the Nation First post, which is behind a pay wall:

https://nationfirst.substack.com/p/the-great-aussie-immigrationhousing

Once upon a time, Australia was a land where home ownership wasn't just a pipe dream—it was an expectation. The great Aussie dream was simple: work hard, save diligently, and one day, you'd have a house to call your own. It was a birthright, an unspoken promise that if you put in the effort, the reward would come. Today, that dream has been ripped away, trampled under the weight of an immigration policy that floods the country with new arrivals while leaving millions of citizens locked out of the housing market.

Walk through any major city—Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane—and the evidence is everywhere. Rents are soaring, mortgages are out of reach, and homelessness is skyrocketing. Families live in their cars, students couch-surf from one friend to another, and pensioners who once lived comfortably now scrape by in motel rooms. And yet, despite this brutal reality, the government continues to push mass immigration at an unsustainable pace, fuelling a crisis that shows no sign of abating.

Consider the numbers. Australia is bringing in hundreds of thousands of migrants each year, yet there simply aren't enough houses to accommodate them. Basic economics tells us what happens next: demand outstrips supply, and prices explode. The average Australian, who once stood a chance at homeownership, now competes with an ever-growing pool of buyers and renters, many of whom come with financial backing far beyond what a local can muster. What was once a challenge has become an impossibility.

And where is the government in all of this? Rather than tackling the housing crisis head-on, they double down on the policies that created it. They promise infrastructure projects that never materialise, incentives that do little more than inflate property prices further, and half-baked rental caps that landlords sidestep with ease. Meanwhile, developers hold onto land, waiting for prices to rise, while councils and bureaucrats drown new projects in red tape. The result? A system that is utterly broken, where the only winners are the property moguls, foreign investors, and the politicians who pretend not to see the wreckage around them.

It would be one thing if mass immigration were bringing undeniable benefits to the country. If it were filling critical job shortages, strengthening the economy, or enriching Australian society in a sustainable way, perhaps the argument could be made that the struggle is worth it. But that's not what's happening. Instead, we're importing a workforce that is often exploited, underpaid, and thrown into the same housing crisis as everyone else. Wages stagnate, infrastructure crumbles, and social cohesion fractures as Australians—both native-born and long-settled migrants—find themselves fighting over ever-dwindling resources.

We are told to be silent. To accept this as the new normal. To believe that questioning the wisdom of importing a new city's worth of people each year is somehow xenophobic or un-Australian. But this isn't about race, culture, or fear of the 'other'—it's about basic arithmetic. When you add millions of people to a country without adding enough homes, hospitals, or roads, the system collapses. And collapse it has.

The great Australian dream has become a nightmare, and those in power refuse to wake up. They don't suffer the consequences of their own policies—they don't face eviction notices, they don't choose between groceries and rent, and they certainly don't worry about whether their children will ever be able to afford a home. They sit in their taxpayer-funded residences, signing off on policies that push the rest of us further into despair.

Australians deserve better. We deserve leaders who prioritise the citizens already here before ushering in more. We deserve housing policies that put people before profits, infrastructure before ideology, and stability before senseless growth. Until that happens, the dream is dead—and the anger is only just beginning.