Affordable Housing

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.
The present study investigated variation in housing insecurity experiences in a sample of mothers, as well as which risk profiles were most strongly associated with subsequent homelessness.
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.
This study contributes significantly to the discourse on housing policies and sustainability, advocating for an inclusive and environmentally conscious approach to the global housing deficit.
This paper describes how the Social Impact Bonds financing mechanism underpinned the success of Aspire by promoting flexible, collaborative, outcome-focussed and data-informed responses to a challenging, multifaceted social problem.
Breaking Ground is the follow-up ‘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, evidence-based reform package to tackle the housing crisis at a state level.