In low-rent outer suburbs, almost one in six households could not afford to keep their house cool and went without meals. ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock By Alan Morris, University of Technology Sydney; Hal Pawson, UNSW; Kath Hulse, Swinburne University of Technology, and Violet Xia, University of Technology Sydney. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons […]
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Private renters are doing it tough in outer suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne
July 31st, 2019 · No Comments · Affordability, Economy, Government, Guest appearance, Housing, Private rental, Sydney, Tenancy, Wellbeing
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Those left to pick up the bill shut out of building crisis debate
July 24th, 2019 · No Comments · Cities, Construction, Government, Housing, Housing conditions, Law, Sydney, urban renewal
By Prof Bill Randolph, Director, City Futures Research Centre. This article was originally published by the Sydney Morning Herald. The news that the Australian Building Ministers Forum is now acting on the recommendations of the Shergold-Weir report into building defects is a welcome sign that at long last the failings of the development industry to […]
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Build to rent could shake up real estate but won’t take off without major tax changes
July 8th, 2019 · No Comments · Affordability, Construction, Economy, Government, Housing, Housing conditions, Housing supply, International, Law, Private rental, Sydney, urban renewal
By Hal Pawson, City Futures Research Centre. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. In the wake of slumping demand for apartment building, it’s little wonder the multi-unit housing industry has been eagerly eyeing a possible new residential product: “build-to-rent”. In fact, the latest figures show that […]
Australia’s social housing policy needs stronger leadership and an investment overhaul
June 26th, 2019 · No Comments · Economy, Finance, Government, Guest appearance, Housing, Housing supply, Productivity
Energy efficient social housing in Tasmania. Xsquared, Hobart, Author provided By Julie Lawson, RMIT University; Jago Dodson, RMIT University; Kathleen Flanagan, University of Tasmania; Keith Jacobs, University of Tasmania; Laurence Troy, UNSW, and Ryan van den Nouwelant, Western Sydney University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. […]
What impacts do social housing legal responses to crime and anti-social behaviour have on vulnerable families?
June 13th, 2019 · No Comments · Government, Housing, Law, Tenancy
By Chris Martin, City Futures Research Centre. This is an edited version of the Executive Summary of the report, ‘Social housing legal responses to crime and anti-social behaviour: impacts on vulnerable families‘, published by AHURI. Housing policy in Australia has enlarged the role of social landlords in relation to crime and non-criminal anti-social behaviour (‘misconduct’). […]
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Equity and health: supporting everyone to be healthy and well
May 6th, 2019 · No Comments · Cities, Government, Housing, Public space, Sustainability, Transport, Wellbeing
By Susan Thompson, Professor of Planning, City Futures Research Centre. What’s good health got to do with equity? Good health depends on both our individual physical characteristics and how we live our lives. Genetics, age, ethnicity and gender are things we cannot simply decide to change. Our lifestyle is different – we can choose to […]
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Cutting through the negative gearing reform debate
April 30th, 2019 · No Comments · Affordability, Government, Housing, Housing supply
By Hal Pawson, City Futures Research Centre. Since our last comment on the subject and, of course, boosted by another election campaign, the debate on negative gearing reform has hotted up still further. And, especially because so many highly questionable claims are made on the subject, we felt the time was right for another quick […]
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On housing, there’s clear blue water between the main parties
April 12th, 2019 · No Comments · Affordability, Government, Housing, Housing supply
By Hal Pawson and Bill Randolph. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Labor’s bold stance on housing tax reform and investment makes this one of the likely policy flashpoints in the coming election campaign. How does the Coalition government’s housing record stand up to scrutiny? What would be […]
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Housing policy reset is overdue, and not only in Australia
March 15th, 2019 · No Comments · Affordability, Economy, Government, Guest appearance, Housing, Housing supply, International, Law, Productivity, Tenancy
Duncan Maclennan, University of Glasgow and Hal Pawson, UNSW. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Federal and state elections in coming weeks provide a timely moment for Australians to reflect on the increasingly obvious failure of governments to manage the triple crises of inflated property prices, […]
Build social and affordable housing to get us off the boom-and-bust roller coaster
March 15th, 2019 · No Comments · Affordability, Construction, Economy, Government, Guest appearance, Housing, Housing supply
By Laurence Troy, UNSW; Bill Randolph, UNSW, and Ryan van den Nouwelant, Western Sydney University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Not long ago Australia’s housing boom was in full swing. Investors were betting on rising property values, which rose by 13% in Sydney and 15% […]