Fixing Canada’s housing issues requires a multifaceted strategy beyond funding innovative construction technology. A holistic solution must include policy reforms.
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The scheme is another worthy micro-measure, but a wider, cohesive housing strategy remains absent.
Australia is filled with both underutilised and overcrowded social housing. By allowing tenants to exchange homes to ones more suitable, we could get many more people into safe and affordable housing.
Successful programs overseas have been highly targeted, financially innovative and used planning systems and public land to provide essential workers with housing they can afford.
Two housing policy experts explain the origins behind Canada’s housing crisis and what needs to change in order to fix it.
Is the government about to propose changes to negative gearing? The apparent differences between a bullish treasurer and a cautious prime minister leave us none the wiser.
Australia needs bold new housing policies that don’t just rely on the taxation system but consider a range of measures to meet the housing needs of all Australians.
Limiting or scrapping negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount would help take the heat out of the market and give the government much more money to invest in social housing.
We know what needs to be done, but it depends on the political will to act. And some states and territories have failed to adopt actions to improve housing quality that were agreed in 2022.
Integrating affordable housing with accessible health and social services is a proven, highly cost-effective way to tackle homelessness and vastly improve people’s lives.
Our governments now have all the evidence they need to end homelessness. The new National Housing and Homelessness Plan is an opportunity to put it into practice.
Sharehousing is becoming more crucial as the rental crisis rages on, and not just for young people. It’s time to look at how housing policy can be fairer for sharehouse renters.
Governments’ policy inaction and complacency bear much of the blame for the lack of affordable housing. But a new report detects signs of hope in Queensland.
Our research shows decisions on the fate of public housing towers that are based on a proper process of considering all the evidence could go either way: demolish and rebuild, or retrofit.
A new report on sustainable and affordable housing falls short by failing to fully consider land-and-housing market dynamics.
The government has made housing a federal policy priority after a decade of neglect. But the scale of the housing crisis means its actions to date are just a start – much more must be done.
People age differently depending on the lives they lead. DNA testing shows every year of living in a privately rented home add 2.4 weeks of ageing compared to those who own their home.
Other states may well follow Victoria’s lead, but the 7.5% levy is likely to have a very modest impact on rental housing supply. There’s much more governments could do.
Inner city occupations and shack settlements alike are the inevitable consequence of the fact that huge populations of people have to get by without a living wage.
We can construct buildings that reduce atmospheric CO₂ by more than their lifetime emissions. They now don’t cost much more – and a project involving 1.2 million homes would drive costs down further.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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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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Professor of Housing Research, Adelaide University
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Professor, City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW
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Emeritus Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, HHAUS Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research associate, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
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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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Associate professor in urbanism, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Honorary Professor of Housing Policy and Practice, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW