Affordable Housing

A high-level policy and case study review from three nations (England, Scotland, Germany) on providing affordable homes to renters by necessity.
The third issue of Priced Out examines the incomes of people earning between $40,000 through to $130,000 to see how much of their income they would need to spend to rent a typical unit across regional areas and capital cities.

Australia’s housing affordability crisis has deepened despite extensive policy intervention, with the private rental sector experiencing unprecedented pressure. This study…

Almost everyone in Australia is feeling the impact of the national housing crisis, which is traumatising individuals, families and communities….

This small-scale study explores how reduced availability and rising prices at the lower-cost end of the private rented sector are affecting people experiencing homelessness and the organisations that support them.
The final report of the People’s Commission into the Housing Crisis not only highlights the crushing toll of our housing crisis, but is a call to action for government.
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 for more than three decades, including poor housing affordability; under-developed supply chains; the shortage of skilled and unskilled labour force; increasing demand for housing in some localities, while other centres decline; together with limited policy attention to the specific needs of rural and regional Australia.
This paper presents data from more recent focus groups amongst Australian would-be house buyers, showing latent market interest in resale-restricted products, with policy and market implications of both national and international relevance.