This Positioning Paper introduces a project undertaken by a team of AHURI based researchers to review Private Rental Support Programs (PRSP) in each Australian State and Territory and judge their effectiveness in assisting tenants on low-incomes.

Andrew Jones and Tim Seelig introduce a project designed to enhance the linkages between social science research and public policy in the Australian housing system, with particular attention to the role of AHURI.

This research project examines how the low rent end of the Australian private rental market fared between the 1996 and 2001 Censuses. During this period a number of significant changes affected the private rental housing market. Household incomes improved. Nationally, the growth in the number of households continued to outpace population growth as more and...

Based on trends obtained from census data to 2001, a fall in rates of home ownership has been observed among Australians aged less than 35 years. Debate has arisen as to whether this fall is due to changing affordability (with the implication that, in the future, a much higher percentage of Australians will never be...

Sean McNelis and Terry Burke aim to evaluate the need and potential for reform of rent setting and the rental system in Australia through an examination of literature and an audit of current policies and practices.