The quick, simple and effective answer to Australia’s housing crisis is right on our doorstep

A short plane ride from here, a city once crushed beneath the weight of skyrocketing rents and eye-watering property prices has found a solution to the type of housing crisis plaguing Australia’s major cities.

While bold and quite controversial, the fix was relatively simple, quickly implemented and highly effective, dramatically boosting housing supply in a short period of time.

As a result, rental prices came down and runaway home price growth stabilised. It’s the kind of scenario millions of Aussies would warmly welcome, given the dire state of housing across much of the country.

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Digital Affordable Housing Register to help solve the housing crisis

Australia will become home to an Affordable Housing Register that will unlock the private sector to participate in affordable housing in an effort to solve the nation’s housing crisis.

Non-profit organisation Housing All Australians and digital property exchange platform will drive the register, which will bring together local government, the real estate industry, developers and private investors to create, invest in and manage affordable housing.

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ROAD HOME: It’s time to stop ‘reacting’ to homelessness

Blue Door CEO says programs that prioritize and strategically pour resources into preventing homelessness come at a fraction of the cost.

As a preventive measure for our health, we are encouraged to visit our doctor for a yearly checkup. Similarly, we are encouraged to lock our doors and have proper lighting around our homes and vehicles to prevent crime.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said when we look at the housing and homelessness sector. We’ve traditionally put all our resources into ‘reacting’ to homelessness once it has occurred rather than prioritizing and strategically pouring resources into preventing homelessness.

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Renewal SA joins forces with Community Housing Providers to deliver hundreds of affordable homes to the city’s fringe

Almost 200 apartments are set to be built across two prime inner-city locations, following the release of a series of innovative partnership opportunities by Renewal SA for Community Housing Providers (CHP) to deliver quality affordable housing for rent and purchase.

The new apartment projects – at Bowden and Prospect – will support CHPs to expand their affordable rental asset portfolios by partnering with government. The Community Housing sector plays a vital role as a non-profit housing provider to individuals and families on low and medium incomes.

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Monday numbers: New reports tout ‘Housing First’ to support formerly imprisoned people

RESEARCH DATA: A graphic from a recent Prison Policy Initiative report that emphasizes the multiple crises that can be helped by expanding access to housing. The phrase, “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time” is often hurled at people who have criminal records.

But the “time” of a person’s punishment often extends beyond prison walls and follows a person home. People with criminal records who have paid their debt to society frequently have a hard time getting housing — which can make them less likely to stay out of prison, by perpetuating a revolving door of housing instability, poverty, addiction, arrest, imprisonment and release.

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Australia needs to end the mythology of ‘mum and dad’ property investors. Landlords are not a cottage industry

A majority of rental properties are owned by investors with multiple properties. And well-off investors enjoy the lion’s share of the tax benefits of policies such as negative gearing. Hardly a day passes without talk of “mum and dad” property investors.

It’s media shorthand for a rental market dominated by small operators rather than big institutions. But language shapes the way we think, and folksy terminology creates a false impression of Australia’s landlord class.

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Bill will kickstart housing supply

Independent Federal Member for Indi, Helen Haines, introduced a Bill to Parliament this week to increase the amount of government housing funding that will go to regional Australia.

The Unlocking Regional Housing Bill specifically addresses the housing crisis in regional, rural and remote Australia, by making funding easier to access and requiring the Minister to look at action so that at least 30 per cent of funding to go to regional, rural and remote Australia.

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Bundaberg becomes hotspot for homeless people struggling in housing crisis

Social services are attracting homeless people to Bundaberg.

The thump-thump of cars can be heard from the caravans and makeshift tents lined up in the shade beneath Bundaberg’s iconic bridge. There are few places to be found in the city of 100,000 that offer privacy to the growing number of homeless.

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Measuring the placemaking impacts of housing-led regeneration

RESEARCH PAPER: As part of Homes England’s mission to drive regeneration and housing delivery, we have undertaken a comprehensive programme of research aimed at strengthening our approach to economic appraisal and the measurement of social value.

The first paper to be published as part of this research focuses on measuring the placemaking impacts of housing-led regeneration. This identifies the potential scale of wider benefits of a project beyond the development site itself, specifically to those living within surrounding communities.

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Noosa Council yet to decide on proposed solution to the region’s housing affordability

A village designed to “provide an immediate contribution to addressing the housing affordability crisis” has received pushback on its application.

The proposed development is intended to deliver accommodation for low-income workers and families, plus vulnerable members of the community and those facing domestic violence situations.

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