All the surrounding conditions make no difference.

The price in any market rises to meet the available money.

One income families rent, two income families buy houses.

I read Sophie Love's "FIFO and the GFC from the family perspective" (30 August 2013), but could not work out what it was proposing to do about the social problems described. It seemed to be saying that the benefits of the mining boom had been unevenly distributed, but suggests no remedy. Perhaps the author is arguing for a larger super-profits tax on mining. It also suggested that working on a remote mine causes hardship for the rest of the family. Perhaps the author wants to force families to live in remote mining camps, or ban those with families from working at mines, or to close the mines down. The only suggestion offered seems to be better government budgeting.