The housing affordability crunch
The pandemic and subsequent return of inflation set off the world’s worst housing affordability crisis in more than a decade. It spilled across some of the largest advanced economies and contributed to...
Affordable Housing
Dispelling myths: Reviewing the evidence on zoning reforms in Auckland
This working paper addresses the impact of zoning reforms implemented in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2016 through the Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP). These reforms, which enabled greater housing density across...
Impact of affordable housing programs on social equity and economic development
Affordable housing represents a critical challenge and opportunity within the global context of social equity and economic development. As urban populations grow, the gap between housing availability and...
Incentivising small-scale investors to supply affordable private rental housing
This AHURI research examines how governments can encourage small-scale private investors to provide affordable rental housing. It finds that landlords who follow the positively geared, long-term hold...
Submission to the NSW Legislative Assembly’s Select Committee on Essential Worker Housing
This submission canvasses the crisis in housing availability and affordability for essential workers in New South Wales. Using up-to-date public wage and price data, it finds that almost all essential...
Planning for a two-tenure future
Three out of five Australian renters say they expect they will never own their own home — a significant shift that requires rethinking of tax and housing systems so that governments’ support all...
A science mapping analysis of energy efficiency and affordable housing research
The research landscape on energy efficiency and affordable housing research (EE-AHR) was critically examined through bibliometric analysis and a literature review of Scopus-indexed publications from 2001 to...
Homeward bound: How to create deeply affordable housing
Canada faces a severe housing crisis. The federal government has unveiled two major housing initiatives in recent years, but neither has adequately targeted the “deeply affordable housing” that is required...
Hedonic Home Value Index; November 2024
CoreLogic’s national Home Value Index (HVI) recorded a 0.3% rise in October, the 21st month of growth since the cycle commenced in February last year. As the market cools, annual growth in national home...
Data-driven strategies for affordable housing: A hybrid genetic algorithm-machine learning optimization model in the Melbourne metropolitan area
The escalating rental crisis in Australia, rooted in demographic dynamics, a scarcity of lands suitable for development and the influence of interest rates and government subsidies, necessitates innovative...