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April 28, 2021

Planning shake‑up needed to help those whose job it is to make NSW a healthy place

Nicky Morrison, Western Sydney University; Gregory Paine, UNSW ; Ryan van den Nouwelant, Western Sydney University, and Susan Thompson, UNSW

NSW is developing a comprehensive new planning policy with the goal of creating healthy places. A new study finds those people who work as placemakers want these goals embedded in laws and budgets.

Energy efficient social housing in Tasmania. Xsquared, Hobart

June 25, 2019

Australia’s social housing policy needs stronger leadership and an investment overhaul

Julie Lawson, RMIT University; Jago Dodson, RMIT University; Kathleen Flanagan, University of Tasmania; Keith Jacobs, University of Tasmania; Laurence Troy, UNSW , and Ryan van den Nouwelant, Western Sydney University

Australia needs to build 730,000 more social housing units in 20 years.

The recent slump in building approvals is a reminder of the risks of an over-reliance on a boom-and-bust market to meet all housing needs. Joel Carrett/AAP

March 14, 2019

Build social and affordable housing to get us off the boom‑and‑bust roller coaster

Laurence Troy, UNSW ; Bill Randolph, UNSW , and Ryan van den Nouwelant, Western Sydney University

Housing markets never have met the lowest-income households’ needs. Now is the time to tackle problems that have been years in the making by creating a better system to supply their housing.

The current social housing construction rate – barely 3,000 dwellings a year – does not even keep pace with rising need, let alone make inroads into today’s backlog. Joel Carrett/AAP

November 14, 2018

Australia needs to triple its social housing by 2036. This is the best way to do it

Julie Lawson, RMIT University; Hal Pawson, UNSW ; Laurence Troy, UNSW , and Ryan van den Nouwelant, Western Sydney University

A tenfold increase in building is needed to overcome the current social housing shortfall and cover projected growth in need. But it can be done, and direct public investment is the cheapest way.

New affordable housing development in Melbourne. Ryan van den Nouwelant

February 13, 2018

Six lessons on how to make affordable housing funding work across Australia

Laurence Troy, UNSW ; Bill Randolph, UNSW ; Ryan van den Nouwelant, UNSW , and Vivienne Milligan, UNSW

Based on research comparing projects across the country, a new assessment tool calculates cost-effective ways to fund affordable housing to meet specified needs in different markets.

The CBD amenities on which tourism depends struggle to find and keep good workers because of high housing costs. AAP/Tracey Nearmy

April 7, 2016

High housing costs create worries for city tourism and hospitality

Ryan van den Nouwelant, UNSW and Laura Crommelin, UNSW

The hospitality and tourism sector is struggling to find a good supply of lower-paid workers in the CBD, because that is also where they face either high housing or travel costs.

A social housing development in Parramatta, Sydney, that was initially opposed by local residents. Edgar Liu

October 23, 2015

Don’t fear boarding houses: they’re probably not what you think

Edgar Liu, UNSW and Ryan van den Nouwelant, UNSW

Ignoring residents’ concerns about boarding houses and failing to allay their fears helps nobody – least of all those in dire need of affordable housing options.

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