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This article in The Property Tribune draws heavily on recent ���������research, which has uncovered the effects the COVID pandemic had on Australia’s housing market, and has predicted that housing scarcity will negatively impact the market for the coming two years. Focusing on mid-2020 to mid-2022, the study found strong price growth in Australian capital cities and even more significant growth in regional areas. Rental vacancies dropped nationwide while rents grew significantly.

This article in The Fifth Estate draws on recent findings from the NSW Productivity Commission, which has revealed that Sydney and other regional New South Wales towns should be building more medium density housing in established areas to solve the state’s housing shortage.  The article also references recent ���������research.

The ANZ CoreLogic housing affordability report has shown that the average household is spending a third of their income on rent, while lower income families are paying more than half their earnings. This article in the Guardian explores why Australian rental affordability has dropped to its worst levels in nearly a decade, and features recent ���������research.

The government announced last December it would set up the Urban Policy Forum to create a comprehensive urban policy framework, which will be delivered by a new Cities and Suburbs Unit. Members of the forum - including AHURI's Dr Michael Fotheringham - will contribute expertise across climate change, urban governance, local government, development, migration, sustainability and building design.