Research / Reports
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In a study on mothers’ experiences of a residential parenting and drug rehabilitation programme, housing was consistently discussed as crucial to recovery in terms of the ability of wāhine (women) to envision a secure future.
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This research explores how changes to government administrative structures and processes affect housing policy in Australia. It outlines what can be done to reduce some of the negative impacts of these changes. Policy makers need to understand the effects of machinery of government changes, particularly in housing where debates about housing policy goals are ongoing.
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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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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 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.
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This report presents findings from the third wave of the 2025 Election Monitoring Survey Series, conducted during the first fortnight of the 2025 federal election campaign. It includes novel questions on housing policy and supply-side liberalism.
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The research looks at what motivates small-scale landlords to buy, sell or retain their rental properties. The research finds two very different investing behaviours.
