Affordable Housing
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This report aims to inform the ongoing discussion of rental housing policy with new evidence about the experience of renting in the Australian PRS. A collaboration of National Shelter, NARO, and the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)/UNSW Sydney led Poverty and Inequality Partnership, the report (i) analyses the PRS market context and (ii) presents findings from a national survey of PRS renters.
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This paper examines the dynamic causal impacts of a 180-day cap on short- and long-term rental markets in multiple regions in New South Wales, Australia.
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The historical injustices of colonization, dispossession, and racism have created unique housing challenges influencing the health gap for Indigenous people in high-income countries. Understanding the breadth and nature of research in the area of housing and Indigenous health is key for establishing a research agenda that fills knowledge gaps and informs culturally appropriate housing initiatives.
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This research Inquiry looked at how to change Australia’s housing assistance system into one that supports ‘housing pathways’. A better system for socially supported housing pathways could focus on supporting each person and household’s needs and goals, rather than being constricted by access to a small number of social housing homes.
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This article shapes an introductory advocacy framework for social workers striving to achieve the right to adequate housing for all in the Australian disaster recovery context. Social work human rights–based practice, leveraging upon the human right to adequate housing, is critical for improving the wellbeing of those impacted by disaster.
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In State of the Housing System 2025, the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council (NHSAC or ‘the Council’) presents a sobering view of Australia’s housing system. The deterioration of housing affordability and low levels of new housing supply in 2024 are particularly stark reminders that Australia is still very much in a housing crisis that has been decades in the making.
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A high-level policy and case study review from three nations (England, Scotland, Germany) on providing affordable homes to renters by necessity.
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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.
