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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has delivered his second pandemic budget for the Conservatives.
Many older women are in desperate need of affordable housing where they can age in place securely, with dignity and as part of a community. The siheyuan model offers ways to meet these needs.
A stamp duty holiday announced to avoid a housing market crash is not all it was cracked up to be.
A new federal antipoverty program for both rural and urban areas is part of the solution, but the power of Big Ag, lack of internet and struggling towns need attention, too.
Out of the existing 29 million homes in the UK, only eight million meet the highest energy standards.
Despite greater human rights protections, LGBTQ+ people in Canada still face challenges and discrimination when it comes to housing.
New Zealand scores well against other countries — especially over its handling of the pandemic — but there are still areas that need improving.
The pandemic has had unexpected effects on the housing market, causing a rush to sell. But is this the right moment?
Super helps fund homeownership, and homeownership helps retirees get the pension.
Brisbane City wants to preserve backyards, but they account for much of the open space lost to development under policies that also aim to increase housing density in existing urban areas.
Homelessness among veterans is not as common as the headlines suggest, but leaving the Armed Forces is a difficult process that can lead to housing problems
Heat pumps use electricity to transfer warmth from outside to inside a house.
Slashing carbon emissions by 68% by 2030 will depend on using the UK’s infrastructure strategy effectively.
Canada is making big strides when it comes to COVID-19 housing policy, but permanent measures and oversight lag behind compared to some global efforts.
Most retired renters are in poverty, very few home owners are.
The shortfall of social housing has built up over decades. Even after the building program is complete, the gap between housing supply and the numbers on waiting lists will still be huge.
New Zealand’s housing market is ill designed to create the surpluses that would force down values. Only the state can change that.
Proposals for house building in England need to take local nuance and the impacts of COVID-19 into account.
Some rent assistance is paid to households who don’t much need it. Others who do need it miss out.
Top contributors
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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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Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, 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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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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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
