By Bill Randolph, Director, City Futures Research Centre. Originally published in Around the House, newsletter of Shelter NSW. Much speculation in the property press in recent months has centred on the question of the supposed ‘housing bubble’ (is there one?) and, if so, what is its likely trajectory (will it burst?). Pundits have vied for […]
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I’m forever blowing bubbles: Has the Sydney apartment market finally burst?
March 30th, 2017 · No Comments · Affordability, Construction, Housing, Housing supply, Sydney
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Value sharing for affordable housing
March 7th, 2017 · No Comments · Affordability, Cities, Government, Housing supply, Sydney
By Bill Randolph, Director, City Futures Research Centre. Originally published in New Planner. The recent inclusion of Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) in the draft District Pans for Metropolitan Sydney marks a turning point in the debates – and hopefully the policies – on the possibility of accessing some of the value generated by property development to […]
The 10-point Plan to Tackle the Housing Crisis Rides Again
February 21st, 2017 · 1 Comment · Affordability, Cities, Government, Housing, Housing supply
By Hal Pawson, Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre. With anxieties about Australia’s increasingly unaffordable housing close to fever pitch, increasingly zany policy ideas are being touted to fix the problem. Not long ago we heard the Urban Task Force advocating for a plan fundamentally undermining NSW planning system integrity. Last week the ABC’s Michael […]
If you’re serious about affordable Sydney housing, Premier, here’s a must-do list
January 24th, 2017 · 1 Comment · Affordability, Cities, Finance, Government, Housing supply
By Hal Pawson, UNSW Australia. Originally published on The Conversation. So “fixing housing affordability” in Sydney is one of three top priorities for the new premier of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian. It’s good that the state’s new leader recognises this as an intensifying problem that can’t be ignored. Berejiklian will appreciate the electoral importance of […]
Public housing transfers move to a new level
January 23rd, 2017 · 1 Comment · Government, Housing supply
By Hal Pawson, Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre With the New South Wales Government’s recently announced tranche of public housing transfers to not-for-profit providers, Australia’s community housing sector is set for a new growth spurt. The addition of the 14,700 former Housing NSW properties – the largest transfer program yet – will expand existing […]
Neighbours’ fears about affordable housing are worse than any impacts
December 5th, 2016 · No Comments · Affordability, Housing, Housing supply
This article, co-written with Dr Gethin Davison, was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article here. Housing affordability is a hot topic in Australia. Governments are increasingly recognising that more needs to be done to provide a greater range of affordable housing options, especially in the major cities. It is well documented, […]
Too little…but not too late?
November 29th, 2016 · No Comments · Cities, Housing supply, Planning reform, urban renewal
by Judy Stubbs, Judith Stubbs Associates Like most public policy announcements, the Greater Sydney Commission’s recent release of its six Draft District Plans has some good news, and some news that housing researchers and public interest bodies would likely regard as not so good. GSC District Plans – two steps forward In many ways, the […]
All aboard for the Bankstown corridor – or just the lucky few?
September 21st, 2016 · 1 Comment · Affordability, Cities, Construction, Demographics, Government, Housing supply, Public space, Transport, urban renewal
By Professor Bill Randolph, Director, City Futures Research Centre. This is an extended version of an article published by The Conversation. It would be easy to assume that the new Sydney Metro Rail project will create something of an urban paradise along the new Sydenham to Bankstown Urban Renewal Corridor through which it will run. […]
Open letter to the NSW Premier and Planning Minister
September 6th, 2016 · No Comments · Affordability, Cities, Guest appearance, Housing, Housing supply
By Wendy Hayhurst (CEO, NSW Federation of Housing Associations), Katherine McKernan (CEO, Homelessness NSW), Professor Peter Phibbs (Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney), Professor Bill Randolph (Director, City Futures, UNSW) and Dr Tim Williams (CEO, Committee for Sydney) Dear Mr Baird and Mr Stokes At the recent 2016 Affordable Housing Conference there was consensus from the […]
Apartment construction boom: is this the end of the dream?
July 22nd, 2016 · 1 Comment · Affordability, Cities, Construction, Housing supply
By Laurence Troy Australian Construction Insights (ACI) released their latest brief last Monday 18 July and noted that for the first time in Australia, construction starts for multi-unit housing were higher than for detached housing. Of course, there ought to be caution in reading these figures, as any decent geographer will tell you, location and […]
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