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What is the Housing Australia Future Fund and how will it boost social housing?

14 Sep 2023

A new funding model would see large-scale institutional investors finance much-needed social and affordable rental housing.

By gutting the Greater Cities Commission, the NSW government is setting up for failure

05 Jul 2023

The centralisation of planning power is exactly what Sydney doesn’t need. The commission broadened the focus across the whole city.

To deliver enough affordable housing and end homelessness, what must a national strategy do?

15 Jun 2023

The strategy’s core mission should be to ensure everyone in Australia has adequate housing. That requires 950,000 social and affordable rental dwellings to be built by 2041, dwarfing current targets.

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Tackling the housing crisis: new report outlines comprehensive strategy

20 Mar 2023

COVID turbo-charged Australia’s existing housing problems, but policy solutions are available, says a new report.

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The housing and homelessness crisis in NSW explained in nine charts

17 Mar 2023

Why are some of the problems with housing stress and homelessness worse in New South Wales than in other states?

Machine learning can help better predict city gentrification

30 Jan 2023

A new machine learning prototype developed by UNSW researchers can help mitigate the harms of gentrification.

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One million homes target makes headlines, but can't mask modest ambition of budget

28 Oct 2022

The recent federal budget neglects the need to reform an ailing system.

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The market has failed to give Australians affordable housing, so don’t expect it to solve the crisis

18 Oct 2022

While the Productivity Commission’s critique of the national housing agreement is justified, its faith in the market is not. The Albanese government is right to invest in building social housing.

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More affordable housing with less homelessness is possible – just look at the Nordic nations

29 Apr 2022

In Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark, housing cooperatives help both renters and those wanting to own a secure, high-quality home. Better housing options for Australia are waiting in plain sight.

Governments' response to housing during COVID-19 highlights need for policy reform

29 Nov 2021

UNSW Sydney and ACOSS partnership research shows the impact of the pandemic on long-standing unaffordability, inequality and indebtedness.

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