Alan Morris, University of Technology Sydney; Hal Pawson, UNSW, and Kath Hulse, Swinburne University of Technology. This article was originally published on The Conversation. A growing proportion of Australian households depend on the private rental sector for accommodation. This growth has occurred despite substantial insecurity of tenure under the law, unlike other countries with high private […]
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The insecurity of private renters – how do they manage it?
May 24th, 2017 · No Comments · Affordability, Guest appearance, Law, Sydney, Tenancy, Wellbeing
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New to Australia? Good luck! Migrants can no longer afford ‘gateway’ suburbs
May 5th, 2017 · No Comments · Affordability, Cities, Demographics, Guest appearance, Housing, Migration, Sydney, Wellbeing
Jack Wright/flickr, CC BY-NC By Hazel Easthope, UNSW and Wendy Stone, Swinburne University of Technology. Originally published on The Conversation. The concentration of disadvantaged people in certain parts of cities is almost always seen as undesirable by urban researchers and policymakers. But is this always the case? Our research demonstrates that it isn’t. Concentrations of people […]
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Health infrastructure is what planners do!
April 11th, 2017 · No Comments · Sydney, Wellbeing
By Susan Thompson, City Futures Research Centre, and Peter McCue, NSW Office of Sport. This is an edited version of the authors’ column in New Planner. When we think about health infrastructure we generally focus on hospitals, ambulance stations, the flying doctor (in regional and remote centres), clinics and medical centres – the facilities that are […]
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Unpacking Urban Renewal in Australia: politics, policies…and polarisation?
April 5th, 2017 · No Comments · Government, Housing, Sydney, urban renewal
By Laura Crommelin, City Futures Research Centre. A trio of new research papers from the City Futures team are now available online, each of which sheds light on a different aspect of the complex process of urban renewal. Together the papers identify the politics that drive urban renewal, examine the policies used to implement it, […]
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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
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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Flying into uncertainty: Western Sydney’s ‘aerotropolis’ poses more questions than answers
March 23rd, 2017 · No Comments · Cities, Government, Guest appearance, Sydney, Transport
The uncertainties about the new Badgerys Creek airport in Western Sydney are raising many questions that only good governance can resolve. from www.shutterstock.com By Robert Freestone, UNSW While Melburnians sombrely reflect on the risks of intensive commercial development near airport runways, Sydneysiders are enthusiastically scoping the development spin-offs that will come with their new airport in […]
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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 […]