So much went wrong with the homes built by the Make It Right Foundation that its low-income homebuyers were deprived of the financial security they were promised.
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As demand grows for real estate and housing prices rise, more people are being priced out of the market. Government intervention is needed to produce affordable housing and control speculation.
More housing supply doesn’t mean lower prices. If policy-makers want to make homes more affordable, they must tackle developers who drive up prices and consider taxing capital gains on homes.
This approach would cause an outcry, but when it comes to homelessness, addressing only the symptoms has been the norm.
Women, girls and gender-diverse people have unique experiences of housing and housing loss.
The government has long promoted the idea that we can build our way out of the housing crisis. Startling numbers of empty homes suggest the problem isn’t one of scarcity but affordability
Studies show that tenants facing eviction who have a lawyer are a lot less likely to lose their home.
As we push for a real solution — an increase in housing supply and related supports — the encampment evictions must stop. We need to make encampments unnecessary.
The fact that Canadian house prices have risen far beyond rental rates tells us that it’s due to financial factors alone — not a lack of supply. House prices are asset prices.
The dream of home ownership has been a tool of dispossession and exclusion and has perpetuated the commodification of housing.
In the formal real estate industry, there is an emerging narrative that affordable housing deficits in African cities represent a vast untapped market
Millions of Americans with tens of billions in unpaid rent face eviction and loss of their home.
Done right, managed retreat redesigns communities to be better for everyone. Here’s how it’s evolving for the future.
We need more research and research capacity that’s better suited to current housing challenges. We must inform housing providers and policy-makers to provide solutions and evaluate those solutions.
Managed retreat doesn’t always mean leaving. It’s about preserving the essential while redesigning communities to be better for everyone. Here’s what that can look like.
The pledge to build 30,000 homes over the next five years exposes the government’s inaction, but it’s still only a fraction of the number Australians need.
Low-income retirees have long found affordable housing in caravan parks and relocatable home estates. But they are becoming harder to find, and often come with a risk of hazards such as flooding.
CERB was a lifeline but no paradise, highlighting the struggles of social assistance recipients to get by on much less.
The federal budget proposed several measures aimed at reducing poverty. But escaping poverty is extremely difficult and can’t be addressed by quick fixes.
The proportion of people actually living in tiny houses hasn’t been increasing but the movement has prompted debate about living smaller and more sustainably.
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Housing Policy Researcher, Expert Advisor, Housing Assessment Resource Tools and Adjunct Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Research associate, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Sydney
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Professor, City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW
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Adjunct Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Alan Morris is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Profesor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University