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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By far and away the biggest (housing) tax reform prize on offer?
March 20th, 2017 · No Comments · Affordability, Government, Housing
By Hal Pawson, Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre. Weekend reports suggest that an exchange of land tax for stamp duty might be, at last, under genuine government consideration. The potential significance of such a change – one we’ve previously backed – is hard to overstate. Cited in the Sydney Morning Herald, Grattan Institute economics […]
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Contested spaces: living next door to Alice (and Anh and Abdullah)
March 14th, 2017 · No Comments · Cities, Demographics, Guest appearance, Housing, Wellbeing
How is apartment living changing the way we get to know our increasingly diverse neighbourhoods? from www.shutterstock.com Edgar Liu, UNSW; Christina Ho, University of Technology Sydney, and Hazel Easthope, UNSW. Originally published on The Conversation. Ethnic conflict is on the rise in Australia, with regular reports of racist abuse in public spaces, including transport, streets […]
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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 […]
New housing ministers – new housing policies?
January 30th, 2017 · No Comments · Affordability, Government, Housing
Congratulations to Anthony Roberts, the Minister for Housing, and Pru Goward, the Minister for Social Housing, on their appointments to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s new Cabinet. Congratulations too to Matt Kean, Minister for Fair Trading, whose housing-related portfolio includes residential tenancies. This is the first time New South Wales has had two housing ministers. From […]
‘Scott Morrison’s Finest Achievement (to date)’?
December 12th, 2016 · 1 Comment · Finance, Government, Housing
By Professor Hal Pawson, Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre The SMH’s star economics correspondent, Jessica Irvine appeared to be heaping high praise on the nation’s Treasurer in her recent commentary. Her ‘finest achievement’ assessment commended Mr Morrison’s backing for proposals to open up access to more cost-effective private finance for affordable rental housing, as announced […]
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, […]
Why adult children stay at home: looking beyond the myths of kidults, kippers and gestaters
November 28th, 2016 · No Comments · Cities, Demographics, Housing, Migration
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article (co-written with with Dr Hazel Easthope) here. We’ve all seen it in the movies: overgrown “kidults” living at home while their parents pick up their dirty laundry, cook their meals and vacuum around their unmade bed. This narrow portrayal of what modern-day multigenerational households […]
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Sydney needs higher affordable housing targets
November 24th, 2016 · No Comments · Affordability, Housing, urban renewal
Laurence Troy, UNSW Australia; Dallas Rogers, Western Sydney University; Emma Power, Western Sydney University; Hal Pawson, UNSW Australia; Kurt Iveson, University of Sydney; Louise Crabtree, Western Sydney University; Michael Darcy, Western Sydney University, and Peter Phibbs, University of Sydney The release this week by the Greater Sydney Commission of city-wide draft plans mandating some measure […]
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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 […]