Jim PenmanCEO, Jim's Group · CEO and Founder of Australia's largest franchise, Jim's Group

Zoning Laws Cost YOU $70K/Year!

10 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker argues that zoning violations inflate housing costs by roughly $70,000 per household each year, treating it as a direct cash outflow. He also claims that households currently spend about $6,000 annually on servicing government debt. By presenting these figures, the speaker frames the issue as a tangible loss to individuals, asking whether people would prefer the government’s current policies to continue or to have that money returned to their pockets, thereby urging viewers to see zoning and debt service as financial burdens that could be eliminated.

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Including the cost, extra cost of rent or of buying a house, which costs, let's say, a half million dollars more than it should because of zoning violations, we're talking about something close to $70,000 per household per year. This is real cash money. And if you ask people, if you show them this $70,000 per year that you're spending, would you rather the government continue to do what it's doing now with their blur, or would you rather have this money in your pocket? How much difference would it make? We want to show people that when you have, for example, we're spending currently $6,000 per annum per household servicing government debt.