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Unaffordability is only one type of housing vulnerability that has taken its toll on British Columbians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Addressing the housing issue by adopting a human right framework put Canada on an accelerated path to meet newcomer families’ housing needs.
Both major parties’ schemes would put upward pressure on house prices – but not much. Here’s why, according to a former Australian Treasury official.
Relaxing restrictions on small and non-traditional houses can help to increase the supply of affordable rental housing.
In Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark, housing co-operatives help both renters and those wanting to own a secure, high-quality home. Better housing options for Australia are waiting in plain sight.
In a period when homelessness and housing costs have reached crisis levels, it’s time to look at housing co-operatives as a potential game-changer.
Controlling for other factors, the mental health cost of renting can be eliminated through longer tenure and greater security.
Many young people are bleak about what the future holds - and this is having an impact on their plans to have children.
In the first analysis of its kind, researchers interviewed Australians over 50 who have been house-sitting for more than a year.
Affordable housing has become a middle-class problem, and Ontario’s latest housing report reflects an approach that continues to marginalize those with the greatest need.
While the idea of rent controls can seem attractive at first glance, the evidence suggests the government is right to be sceptical of their ability to help ease the housing crisis.
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.
California and other states plan to build more homes in an effort to fix America’s affordable housing problem. But that’s not the main reason housing remains unaffordable for millions of people.
The fine print shows its an inquiry into housing “supply”, but supply isn’t a particularly urgent problem.
A single open-air car park takes up land that could potentially house hundreds of people.
Australia faces economic problems down the road if three big, structural reform areas — housing affordability, the tax mix, and decarbonisation — are not addressed.
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.
Most of the budget’s housing measures shuffle the queue, rather than increase the number of homes.
Without making housing supply the priority, the government’s tax-based policies create more objectives than they can reasonably achieve.
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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Emeritus Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Sydney
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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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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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor of Housing Policy and Practice, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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Lecturer in GIS and Planning, Griffith University