Housing: The great Australian right
Almost everyone in Australia is feeling the impact of the national housing crisis, which is traumatising individuals, families and communities. In the reconstruction period following World War II, governments...
Affordable Housing
No access, no way out: How a lack of availability and rising prices in the private rented sector impact move-on options for people experiencing homelessness
Recent research shows a decrease in properties to let, while demand and rental prices have increased. This small-scale study explores how reduced availability and rising prices at the lower-cost end of the...
Voices of the crisis: Final report from the People’s Commission into Australia’s Housing Crisis
After over 1,500 submissions from individuals affected by the housing crisis, and over 100 community organisations, the People’s Commission into the Housing Crisis released its final report, ‘Voices of...
Disruption in regional housing: Policy responses for more resilient markets
This AHURI research examined housing trends and the processes of delivering affordable housing supply in rural and regional Australia. These rural and regional housing markets have faced substantial challenges...
Research, market, and policy implications of permanently affordable housing: lessons from Australian discussions about community land trusts
As with many Anglophone nations, Australia displays a dualistic housing system dominated by private ownership and private rental, both of which demonstrate an ongoing and intensifying lack of affordability....
Predicting homelessness: Housing risk insights from latent class analysis
Millions of families with children in the U.S. struggle to afford adequate housing. Housing cost burden places families at risk for homelessness, and prevention efforts are hindered by limited understanding of...
A culture shift towards better, affordable housing policy and development options for older Australians
Affordable housing models for older people (65 years and over) are largely absent from recent federal and state government commitments to improve housing affordability and availability. Holistic...
The Synergy of Community, Government, and Circular Economy in Shaping Social Housing Policies
Despite state efforts to enhance affordability, access to adequate housing, deemed a fundamental human right, remains a global challenge. Projections indicate a looming housing deficit affecting 1.6 billion...
The Aspire Social Impact Bond: How social impact bond financing can promote positive social and economic outcomes
Financing human service delivery through social impact bonds (SIBs) is the subject of some critical commentary in the academic literature, but this tends to be largely theoretical rather than empirically...
Breaking Ground: Progress update and assessment of Queensland’s housing crisis
This is a ‘one year on’ progress report of the 2023 landmark report, A Blueprint for tackling Queensland’s housing crisis. It was the first of its kind in Australia to outline a comprehensive,...