Policy

This research project examines the effectiveness of Australia’s supported accommodation services in meeting the needs of unaccompanied children and young people aged 12–24. It proposes principles to guide policy and practice toward a better system.
Using a detailed integrated database for over 1,200 apartment buildings developed across Sydney between 2010 and 2019, the aim of this paper is to present an analysis of the actual level of profits generated during the post-GFC apartment boom.
This lecture given by Mark Stephens on 20 February 2026, is about social housing, and the role that it might play in tackling Australia’s housing crisis.

From the AHURI inquiry: Inquiry into developing a long-term governance and resource framework for sustainable and effective Indigenous housing. What…

This research explores workplace trauma in Australia’s social housing and homelessness services, including its extent, causes and impacts, and examines current practices to address this trauma, options to mitigate it, and guiding principles for response.
This research explores how property technology is used in Australia’s private and social rental sectors and examines the implications of this for individuals and housing access, and whether existing policy and legal frameworks are fit-for-purpose.
This study examines the extent to which housing allowances and social housing protect against housing precarity experienced by low-income renters using Australian and UK data.
Public housing estate renewal programmes increasingly require that tenants move from their homes to enable redevelopment; a process we refer to as renewal-initiated tenant relocation. This paper examines the role of relocation officers—staff responsible for managing renewal-initiated tenant relocation—in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia.