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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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This paper comprehensively explores the housing policies in England and Wales, the causes of rough sleeping, the implications of criminalising rough sleeping, and the nexus between human rights and criminalising homelessness.
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In 2016, the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) of New Zealand introduced the Emergency Housing Special Needs Grant (EHSNG) to address urgent accommodation needs. This study utilised the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) to analyse the demographics and government service utilisation of EHSNG recipients, including all household members, unlike previous reports that focused only on the main applicant.
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This study draws on face-to-face semi-structured interviews with 14 single mid-life (40-65 years) women living in private rental housing in Australia to gain insights into their experiences and the potential housing implications for older age.
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While AI offers significant opportunities, it also poses challenges that require deliberate choices to ensure equitable and inclusive progress. This report advocates for a people-centered approach, highlighting the importance of human agency in shaping AI’s role in society.
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This research examines the nature, experience, and relevance of tenant engagement for tenants living at Brisbane Common Ground, which is a single site model of permanent supportive housing.
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This paper identifies the strategic repositioning of powerful media as influential players in housing finance in a financialised yet weakly-regulated environment, through a study of a mortgage portal embedded in Australia’s predominant property platform, realestate.com.au.
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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.
