Affordable Housing

This paper investigates the application, design, and economic feasibility of prefabricated construction in Australian low-rise housing, with a focus on affordability and labour shortages.
This study’s findings suggest that provincial governments may have adopted foreign buyer taxes as a political expediency to signal government action on the housing crisis while sidestepping structural drivers of unaffordability in their housing markets.
This study reveals a “vulnerability trap” for low-income households and a “resilience divide” favoring affluent buyers, underscoring the need for distribution-sensitive climate adaptation housing policies.
The study aims to identify the best practices, challenges and opportunities for integrating sustainability and affordability in housing developments.
This research looked at ways seasonal and vulnerable workers in regional Australia can be better housed.
Regional Australia relies on a skilled and unskilled labour force, in part through migration schemes, to remain economically competitive. Regional workers are diverse and have diverse housing needs. This report develops an evidence-based policy framework for accommodating seasonal and vulnerable workers in regional areas to ensure a healthy, safe and productive workforce.
This research helps to understand how effective CRA is at reducing disadvantage and improving wellbeing, and also shows how these effects pass to children of households that receive CRA.
This paper presents a bibliometric analysis focusing on financing options for advancing sustainable 3D-printed concrete housing, particularly emphasising options accessible to end-users.