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.
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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.
The report said the inquiry into Grenfell has “not brought to light any evidence” that racial or social prejudice played a role in the fire.
Our research shows decent homes could be lost – and the social and environmental costs of demolition should not be ignored.
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.
While the current government has made some progress on housing legislation, the big promises the Conservatives made in 2019 have not been met.
There are already many barriers in place to stop migrants from accessing social housing.
Access to nature is provenly beneficial. Yet the UK’s urban green spaces are poorly funded and are vulnerable to local government budget cuts.
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.
UK house prices may have dropped from their COVID peak, but here’s why that isn’t likely to make homes any more affordable.
Gender violence has captured the attention of policy makers and the public. There’s many things that can be done, both in the short and long term.
Australia’s rental crisis has been a long-standing problem and will not be repaired unless there is real reform of both supply and demand issues.
Rural planning authorities largely operate according to the rationale that housing and service needs can more effectively be met in towns than in the countryside.
To truly make UK housing safe and healthful for residents, the government needs a comprehensive strategy.
Neither investors nor super funds are prepared to wear the losses needed to put low-income Australians into housing. The government should double the size of its Housing Australia Future Fund.
People wait years for social housing. In before-and-after interviews, the fortunate ones who were placed in secure, affordable housing describe the profound difference it has made in their lives.
Western Sydney residents whose homes often get hotter inside than outside during heatwaves have learnt to be resourceful in adapting to the increasing heat.
There are many strategies needed simultaneously to address housing affordability in Canada. The expansion of social housing supply is a particularly effective one.
The film is run through with an unflinching belief in the power communities wield and the tangible limits they face.
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Emeritus Professor of Housing, UNSW
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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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Research associate, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor, City Futures Research Centre, Faculty of the Built Environment, UNSW
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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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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Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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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 Property and Housing Economics, Adelaide University
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Associate professor in urbanism, University of Sydney
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute