Policy

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.
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.
This study shows how cohortisation engenders a new problematisation of homelessness, replacing the neoliberal tendency to blame the individual with a focus on the failure of service systems to recognise and respond to cohort differences.
This study examines the spatial evolution of informal settlements, including temporary housing camps, in Brisbane, Australia. Findings reveal how these settlements were gradually absorbed into or reshaped by the surrounding urban fabric.
This research compares the advantages, disadvantages and unintended consequences of different models, and creates an evidence-base to support the design of future government-led shared equity programs.
Q Shelter and AHURI are monitoring potential displacement caused by changes in housing market conditions in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This is the first update since the initial 2024 baseline report.
Australia needs a housing policy revolution. The equation is simple: If we build more homes where people most want to live, housing will be cheaper and our cities will be wealthier, healthier, and more vibrant.
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.