Home Insights Latest news Latest news news 31st March 2016 in news news 31st March 2016 in news 'Rules' flexibility helps Indigenous social housing tenants succeed For managers of social housing and Indigenous tenants knowing 'the rules' is important, but there is confusion as to what the rules are, who they apply to and just what they mean? read more news 29th February 2016 in news news 29th February 2016 in news Infographic: Housing affordability stress Housing affordability stress occurs when a household in the bottom 40 per cent of Australia's income distribution levels (i.e. in the bottom two quintiles) pays 30 per cent or more of its income in housing costs. read more news 29th February 2016 in news news 29th February 2016 in news researcher profile: Rachel Ong Rachel was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from Curtin University before being appointed as a senior lecturer and, is now Deputy Director at the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre. Much of her work is on the economics of housing, and she has a strong interest in the intersection of housing and ageing issues. read more brief 15th September 2015 in brief brief 15th September 2015 in brief Home ownership is not necessarily a secure tenure looking at the decade 2001 to 2010 found there were three groups of home owners: ongoing owners who are able to buy and keep their home either as outright owners or buyers; leavers, who sold their dwelling and didn't buy another; and churners, who sold their dwelling and then after a period of renting bought another dwelling to live in. read more Submission 31st August 2023 in Submission Submission 31st August 2023 in Submission Senate Inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia welcomes this opportunity to provide a submission to the Senate Inquiry into “the worsening rental crisis in Australia.” As a national, independent research institute, AHURI’s mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice change to improve the housing and urban environments of all Australians. Australia’s rental markets have been experiencing increasing strain, as the result of a complex set of drivers. These drivers include persistently low rental vacancy rates, insufficient supply relative to population movement and growth, depletion of rental supply through conversion of stock to short term rental (tourist) accommodation, declining home ownership and residualised social housing supply. This submission provides a response to the terms of reference of the Inquiry, referencing mainly research and policy consultation. It is structured according to the Inquiry Terms of Reference which relate to the “worsening rental crisis in Australia,” with particular reference to: the experience of renters and people seeking rental housing rising rents and rental affordability actions that can be taken by governments to reduce rents or limit rent rises improvements to renters’ rights, including rent stabilisation, length of leases and no grounds evictions factors impacting supply and demand of affordable rentals international experience of policies that effectively support renters the impact of government programs on the rental sector, and other related matters. read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Current page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Page 150 Page 151 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
news 31st March 2016 in news news 31st March 2016 in news 'Rules' flexibility helps Indigenous social housing tenants succeed For managers of social housing and Indigenous tenants knowing 'the rules' is important, but there is confusion as to what the rules are, who they apply to and just what they mean? read more
news 29th February 2016 in news news 29th February 2016 in news Infographic: Housing affordability stress Housing affordability stress occurs when a household in the bottom 40 per cent of Australia's income distribution levels (i.e. in the bottom two quintiles) pays 30 per cent or more of its income in housing costs. read more
news 29th February 2016 in news news 29th February 2016 in news researcher profile: Rachel Ong Rachel was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from Curtin University before being appointed as a senior lecturer and, is now Deputy Director at the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre. Much of her work is on the economics of housing, and she has a strong interest in the intersection of housing and ageing issues. read more
brief 15th September 2015 in brief brief 15th September 2015 in brief Home ownership is not necessarily a secure tenure looking at the decade 2001 to 2010 found there were three groups of home owners: ongoing owners who are able to buy and keep their home either as outright owners or buyers; leavers, who sold their dwelling and didn't buy another; and churners, who sold their dwelling and then after a period of renting bought another dwelling to live in. read more
Submission 31st August 2023 in Submission Submission 31st August 2023 in Submission Senate Inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia welcomes this opportunity to provide a submission to the Senate Inquiry into “the worsening rental crisis in Australia.” As a national, independent research institute, AHURI’s mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice change to improve the housing and urban environments of all Australians. Australia’s rental markets have been experiencing increasing strain, as the result of a complex set of drivers. These drivers include persistently low rental vacancy rates, insufficient supply relative to population movement and growth, depletion of rental supply through conversion of stock to short term rental (tourist) accommodation, declining home ownership and residualised social housing supply. This submission provides a response to the terms of reference of the Inquiry, referencing mainly research and policy consultation. It is structured according to the Inquiry Terms of Reference which relate to the “worsening rental crisis in Australia,” with particular reference to: the experience of renters and people seeking rental housing rising rents and rental affordability actions that can be taken by governments to reduce rents or limit rent rises improvements to renters’ rights, including rent stabilisation, length of leases and no grounds evictions factors impacting supply and demand of affordable rentals international experience of policies that effectively support renters the impact of government programs on the rental sector, and other related matters. read more
