Catherine Gilbert

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October 20, 2020

Why more housing stimulus will be needed to sustain recovery

Steven Rowley, Curtin University; Adam Crowe, Curtin University; Catherine Gilbert, University of Sydney; Chris Leishman, University of Adelaide, and Jian Zuo, University of Adelaide

Current housing stimulus measures aim to boost buyer demand and are too small to sustain a recovery. A second round of stimulus is likely to be needed, and it should go into social housing supply.

Inclusionary planning has increased the share of affordable housing in San Francisco, even in areas which are gentrifying. Alex Proimos/Flickr

April 9, 2018

England expects 40% of new housing developments will be affordable, why can’t Australia?

Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney and Catherine Gilbert, University of Sydney

Inclusionary planning schemes can reduce land costs and ensure that affordable homes are well located near jobs and services.

Nurses who care for people in the city can’t afford a property anywhere near their place of work. didesign021/Shutterstock

February 12, 2018

Key workers like nurses and teachers are being squeezed out of Sydney. This is what we can do about it

Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney; Catherine Gilbert, University of Sydney; Peter Phibbs, University of Sydney, and Yuting Zhang, University of Sydney

People on moderate incomes, including police and emergency workers, have been forced to seek housing on the city fringes, far from their places of work. But there are ways to reverse this trend.

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Why more housing stimulus will be needed to sustain recovery

England expects 40% of new housing developments will be affordable, why can’t Australia?

Key workers like nurses and teachers are being squeezed out of Sydney. This is what we can do about it

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