affordable housing

new complex of apartment buildings under construction

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

chris minns speaking

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

Cranes on residential buildings

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.

aerial view of the suburb roofs near Brisbane

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

A For Lease sign on the front of a house with a "Leased" sticker on it

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

Gentrification of a neighbourhood

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

A view of a street with a row of new houses being built

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

A one-way sign with building development behind

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.

A paved square with colourful modern buildings at sunset

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.

A house in regional Australia

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

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