Karl Fitzgerald

Karl Fitzgerald, the founder and Director of Grounded, is an economist and former Director of Research at Prosper Australia, where he led an innovative research and reform agenda over 18 years.

He is the author of many papers on a fairer way to share the rising value of location, location including the Speculative Vacancies report into Melbourne’s empty housing and the Total Resource Rents of Australia.

He is an executive director for the Global Empty Homes Network, a global alliance of policy experts and campaigners concerned at the impact of commodification on our communities. He produced and co-directed the Real Estate 4 Ransom documentary.