The dismally slow provision of housing in South Africa is such that more than 2.2 million households live in 2700 informal settlements. Waiting is the norm and can take years, even decades.
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Vested interests benefit from the illusion of unsettled academic debate.
First home buyers may be doing it tough, but lessons from the US tell us raiding super is not the solution.
The issues keeping those on low incomes out of the housing market are only getting worse over time.
A defence of La Défense, and other towering architecture across the globe.
Lessons from the sharing economy could provide a housing solution for both buyers and sellers.
Almost 1.3 million Australian taxpayers use negative gearing. But the policy is inherently unfair.
A disappointing end for one of the UK’s flagship environmental schemes.
In his budget speech chancellor George Osborne pitched the Conservatives as social reformists – and the party has been involved in some key legislative changes.
The building sector globally currently consumes more energy than the transport sector or the industry sector. It is also the biggest polluter, with the biggest potential for significant cuts to greenhouse gas emissions compared to other sectors, at no cost.
The budget contained some major housing reforms, but the chancellor had no answer to the sector’s number-one problem.
A living wage grabs the headlines, but sluggish productivity is a harder nut to crack than that.
After months of speculation, we now know how the Chancellor plans to save £12bn from the welfare budget.
Wealthy commuters, retirees and second home owners are pricing locals out of the villages they grew up in.
Until recently, affordable housing was mentioned only in conversations involving low-wage or unemployed workers – or the homeless. The only groups that focused on rising rental costs were low-income housing…
The widening cracks in Australia’s housing system can no longer be concealed. Seven leading Australian academics say this 10 point plan can help fix housing affordability.
Gladys Berejiklian’s first budget as NSW Treasurer includes some infrastructure goodies but misses an opportunity to reduce the state’s reliance on property taxes.
There are well-rehearsed arguments both for and against removing negative gearing from property.
I co-teach a freshman seminar at the University of Texas called “Debt: the Good, Bad and Ugly” that examines the different ways consumers borrow and spend. Do they reflect wise investments in the future…
Treasurer Joe Hockey doesn’t believe Sydney housing is unaffordable. The data suggests otherwise.
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ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University
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Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW 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, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Professor; School of Economics, Finance and Property, and Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Curtin Research Centre, Curtin University
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
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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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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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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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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
