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Are rising house prices good for the economy?
While rising house prices may be good for existing home owners, new research finds it has implications for a government agenda to increase growth in Australia’s economic productivity.
New report into competition and consumer choice in housing assistance
is pleased to release the report from its Inquiry, ‘Individualised forms of welfare provision and reform of Australia’s housing assistance system’. It found that, due to shortages of affordable accommodation, it is difficult for low-income households to exercise choice in the private rental market.
researcher profile: Kath Hulse
Prof Kath Hulse is one of Australia's leading housing researchers, particularly in the area of private rental housing. She won the 2016 Professor Mike Berry Award for Excellence in Housing for her paper Renting in a home owning society: Disaster, deviance or diversity?
Cost of youth homelessness
A new research briefing, The cost of youth homelessness in Australia, has cited a number of research reports.
Housing should be assessed as infrastructure, say researchers
In a speech to the Australian Smart Cities and Infrastructure Conference in April, the Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation, Hon Angus Taylor MP, proposed the Australian Government act more like an investor when funding state and territory infrastructure projects, focusing on projects that deliver a commercial return.