Policy

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.
While scholars have documented the punishment regime inflicted on unhoused people, less research has focused on the private citizens, often organized as mutual aid groups, who intervene to counteract—and help encampment residents survive—this regime.

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

This study analyzes the HOPE VI program, a $17 billion initiative to revitalize 262 distressed public housing developments, to determine if low-economic-mobility neighborhoods can be transformed into high-mobility areas.
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 article examines the relationship between the Housing First model and contextual factors influencing its implementation. It identifies five key contextual factors shaping implementation and explores strategies developed to adapt the model in response.
The global housing affordability ‘crisis’ highlights a policy failure shared across many jurisdictions and countries: a disconnect between the affordability challenge and capacity to act. The article draws on a series of stakeholder interviews involved in the design and delivery of public housing estate renewal in Australia.
This study aims to investigate build to rent as a potential solution that can be integrated into Australia’s housing policy framework to deliver affordable, professionally managed rental supply.