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New Zealanders don’t need to give up their housing dreams in order to get business moving. Instead, making homes cheaper to build will free up money for investment.
Retrofit programs that improve home energy efficiency have become one of Canada’s main strategies to cut emissions in the housing sector. But do these programs deliver on their promises?
New research shows how much we’d need to increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance to bring retirees who rent out of poverty.
Hint: cutting out avocado toast won’t help much. Research shows your chances of owning a home hinge on your income relative to house prices, and whether you can access the ‘bank of mum and dad’.
On the second anniversary of devastating earthquakes in Turkey, politics, land expropriation and broken promises define the country’s recovery.
Access to health care is a big one as rural hospitals close. Two researchers who focus on rural issue explain how the federal government could help.
Plans to knock down and rebuild 44 public housing towers are flawed. Retrofitting and upgrading is feasible, cheaper and better for people and the planet.
The government has proposed new incentives to attract apprentices to the construction sector, but this could divert talent from other key sectors of the economy.
A larger than expected drop in inflation data has boosted the chances of an interest rate cut as soon as February.
The Albanese government if re-elected will provide a $10,000 incentive payment to apprentices to work in housing construction.
How can short films and political philosophy work together to address issues of social justice?
Philosophers explain how our mainstream understanding of ‘home’ is a culturally specific one, and how it could be broadened.
When Australia faced a housing crisis 80 years ago, the government was urged to promote the building of more climate-responsive homes. So why are so many homes today still not made for our climate?
A scholar who researches how rents increase after disasters is fearful for his own community as he watches it burn and braces for the aftermath.
Mayor Parker may also have to grapple with the incoming Trump administration on issues of immigration enforcement in Philly, which is currently a sanctuary city.
It sounds daunting: lifting a house onto a truck and moving it to an empty block. But house relocations can make sense for many would-be home owners.
Equal attention should be paid to the maintenance and preservation of older properties as to the construction of new ones.
There are many good reasons to reform zoning, but reducing the cost of housing is definitely not one of them. Other strategies are far more effective in achieving this goal.
South African law hasn’t specifically recognised the traditional concept of a communal family house.
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT 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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Emeritus Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Sydney
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor & Global Challenge Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University; University of British Columbia