The number of active short-term rental listings is a small fraction of the total number of dwellings in Australia – and many listings are not in the city areas of great housing need.
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A new report outlines a comprehensive strategy for Australia to reduce the carbon footprint of our homes while making them more comfortable and affordable.
The strategy’s core mission should be to ensure everyone in Australia has adequate housing. That requires 950,000 social and affordable rental dwellings to be built by 2041, dwarfing current targets.
There are no ‘silver bullet’ solutions to a crisis that has left both renters and owners struggling. Only a comprehensive package of bold policies can ensure all Australians are securely housed.
Investing in housing means providing a home. National tenancy reforms are reshaping the role of landlords to reflect this responsibility.
Canada’s current economic growth model is currently dependent on the conversion of housing from a human right into a financial investment tool, leading to an ever-worsening housing crisis.
The conversation about housing policies needs to highlight the significant role the state plays in creating existing housing problems, and providing the resulting solutions.
The proportion of people actually living in tiny houses hasn’t been increasing but the movement has prompted debate about living smaller and more sustainably.
It’s possible to prevent homelessness, but it will take a commitment and dedication to understanding the conditions that produce it.
Trying to find housing can be a nightmare for pet owners, especially those who need it in a crisis. The inconsistencies from state to state and between different forms of housing demand reform.
Australia found shelter for more than 33,000 rough sleepers and other homeless people during the pandemic, but a coming surge in homelessness demands a comprehensive national housing strategy.
New research shows homes in white areas have appreciated $200,000 more since 1980 than similar homes in nonwhite areas – a result of both old racist housing policies and modern real estate practices.
Suspending homeless camp evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic is a start, but it is not enough. The problem is failed housing policies, not the pandemic.
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Professor of Housing & Social Policy, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Associate, Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute, Griffith University
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Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor and Discipline Lead Property, Curtin University
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Research Associate in Housing Studies, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Law, Society & Sustainability, University of British Columbia
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Senior Research Fellow, UniSA Business, University of South Australia
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of New Mexico
