Brendan Coates
Brendan Coates is the director of the Grattan Institute's housing and economic security program, who highlighted concerns that the retirement outlook for future generations could worsen due to declining home ownership rates among lower-income Australians.
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Brendan Coates is a Grattan Institute economist and co-author of the research on housing development in Sydney.
NSW urged to follow Victoria's lead on "gentle" density development
Australia· 2026-02-24
Brendan Coates has a reality check: even after the current crop of reforms is implemented, there’ll be 'a long way still to go' to deliver more affordable housing in Sydney.
Expert says reforms have 'a long way to go' despite government overhaulAustralia· 2025-09-29
Brendan Coates, Grattan Institute housing and economic security program director, who was not involved in the study, said the findings made sense and paralleled previous overseas research.
Commonwealth Rent Assistance can boost university chances for children, study findsAustralia· 2025-09-17Brendan Coates agrees that the federal government should pay states for specific land reforms.
We were offered an abundant utopia. We got something much lessAustralia· 2025-08-22
Brendan Coates is the housing program director at the Grattan Institute, discussing the trends of older Australians renting longer.
Older people a fast-growing cohort among those seeking shared accommodationAustralia· 2025-08-06
Brendan Coates is a retirement income expert who comments on the Help to Buy scheme's effectiveness.
Mid-life renters who try to use government home buying scheme Help to Buy may struggle to get home loansAustralia· 2025-07-21
Brendan Coates is the Grattan Institute’s housing program director.
The Sydney suburbs where rents rose most in the past yearAustralia· 2025-07-12
Brendan Coates is a great expert in the area of superannuation contributions and has found that a significant portion of the cost is passed back to employees.
Superannuation contributions increase: Good and bad newsAustralia· 2025-06-10
Housing and Economic Security Program Director at the Grattan Institute Brendan Coates agreed.
Cost of development sites for new homes soars 75 per cent in five yearsAustralia· 2025-06-03
Brendan Coates pointed to estimates suggesting that removing stamp duty could unlock 300,000 extra homes nationwide.
Costs such as stamp duty deter home buyersAustralia· 2025-05-07
Coates said the change made sense as it targeted those with more than $3 million in super.
Labor, Albanese spooked by Dutton’s last-minute super scare campaignAustralia· 2025-04-30
Brendan Coates, the housing and economic security program director with the Grattan Institute, criticized the Coalition’s proposal.
Peter Dutton housing policy almost identical to negative gearingAustralia· 2025-04-16
Brendan Coates, from the Grattan Institute public policy think tank, explains the minimal impact of foreign purchases on housing strain.
Why are they so high?
United Kingdom· 2025-04-11
Brendan Coates is the institute’s housing program director who discussed the trend of rising average household sizes in capital cities.
The Sydney suburbs where rents soared most over the past yearAustralia· 2025-04-05
Brendan Coates is the institute’s economic policy program director who commented on the struggles of Australians facing housing stress.
Renters face housing stress and slim pickings to live solo on government supportAustralia· 2025-03-26Brendan Coates, director of the Grattan Institute housing and economic security program, highlighted the benefits of longer-term leases for tenants.
Property investors would get land tax discounts for long-term leases to renters under REIV proposalAustralia· 2025-03-17
Brendan Coates is a retirement income expert at the Grattan Institute.
How do we stop super becoming a trillion-dollar inheritance scheme?Australia· 2025-02-10
Brendan Coates, director of the Grattan housing and economic security program, discussed the retirement outlook for Gen X and younger generations.
Housing crisis: Boomers are enjoying retirementAustralia· 2025-02-09
