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Gentrification? Bring it
In the country's wealthiest cities, gentrification is a dirty word. But it's all relative – just ask Hartford and Columbus.
Some states do better than others on affordable housing – we can learn from the successes
The states that are delivering more affordable housing have sophisticated, multi-pronged strategies to serve the full range of needs.
Theresa May’s speech and the challenge to expand English social housing
Council housing in England has not been built on any kind of scale since the late 1970s.
Can Britain really cope with a fall in housing prices?
Theresa May wants to rapidly increase the supply of affordable homes, but will have to tread carefully on Britain's talismanic property wealth.
Room sharing is the new flat sharing
City living costs are driving people to organise themselves to share a room with strangers. These precarious living arrangements hardly qualify as a home.
Three charts on: the great Australian wealth gap
Australia is becoming wealthier, but much of that wealth remains concentrated in the hands of older generations.
Mounting housing stress underscores need for expert council to guide wayward policymaking
Unaffordable housing and homelessness are burning issues. Policymaking has suffered from a critical lack of data and expert input since the National Housing Supply Council was axed in 2013.
South Africa’s housing challenge seen through the lens of its third largest city
Durban one of South Africa’s third largest cities, by population has reported that the number of people living in informal dwellings has remained stubbornly high.
Interest in tiny houses is growing, so who wants them and why?
New research has found a marked increase in people, particularly among women over 50, who are building or want to build a tiny house. However, inflexible planning rules often stand in their way.
Airbnb and empty houses: who’s responsible for managing the impacts on our cities?
About 10% of empty dwellings on census night – 1.2% of all housing – were available for rental and vacancy rates have changed little in 35 years. Could governments be overreacting?
A home for everyone? Property ownership has been about status and wealth since our convict days
The egalitarian myth behind the great Australian dream of home ownership is at odds with the first rules of land granting in the colonies. Even then, property ownership depended on wealth and status.
How the NDIS is using the market to create housing for people with disability
The NDIS has the resources and mandate to develop a mature market that delivers suitable housing for people with high disability needs, including the more than 6,200 young people now in aged care.
Wall Street landlords are chasing the American dream – here’s what it means for families
Wall Street landlords are living the American Dream – but what about their tenants?
We Live Here: how do residents feel about public housing redevelopment?
Residents of two high-rise public housing blocks are being given 'mood lights' to express how they feel based on their experience of the process of redeveloping their neighbourhood.
Forget heatwaves, our cold houses are much more likely to kill us
The idea of a hot and sunny land is so baked into our thinking about Australia that we've failed to design and build houses that protect us from the cold.
How governments have widened the gap between generations in home ownership
Between 1982 and 2013, the share of home owners among 25-34 year olds shrunk, by more than 20%. On the other hand, the share of home owners among those aged 65+ years has risen slightly.
‘Build to rent’ could be the missing piece of the affordable housing puzzle
A modest rebalancing of federal tax policy toward build-to-rent housing could fill affordable housing funding gaps. Australian funds are already investing in such a scheme in the US.
What’s equity got to do with health in a higher-density city?
Being crowded into poor-quality high-density units harms residents' health, but design features that are known to promote wellbeing can make a big difference to the lives of low-income households.
Banks shouldn’t underestimate the risk of concentration in the housing market
It's not likely the Australian appetite for property will change but this means we need to hedge our bets against any risks by improving diversification and the way banks finance mortgages.
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