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The Greens want the states to implement a two-year rental freeze. After that period, rental increases would be capped at just 2 per cent every two years – an amount that would almost certainly be well below the annual inflation rate. This article in The Age features an interview with AHURI's Dr Michael Fotheringham, who argues that a plan to freeze rents and subsequently allow very limited increases would be problematic.

Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam is following her federal counterparts into battle against Labor over housing after demanding that any reform to the state’s planning laws will require half of all new homes in developments to be public and affordable. This article in the Australian Financial Review also features an interview with AHURI's Dr Michael Fotheringham, who discusses some of the most effective ways to tackle housing affordability.

This article in the Australian Financial Review draws on recent ���������research, which investigated how Australia might build new apartments, and retrofit older ones so that they are more sustainable. Cost-cutting measures during the actual building processes relegate sustainability to a luxury, rather than a necessity that should benefit all of us.