Organisation
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Acronym:
AHURI
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Integrating housing policy, settlement planning and disaster management
Housing is heavily impacted during disasters, so it's crucial that housing policy works closely with disaster risk reduction and response. This research looks at how housing policy and planning can better prepare for natural disasters, and enable recovery from them. It examines institutional arrangements, planning coordination and disaster management responses.
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Improving coordination of data and actors for disaster-responsive housing and safer communities
This research examines how governments and organisations involved in planning and delivering housing use data to assess risks associated with flooding, bushfires and cyclones. It explores ways to use and share data better in order to reduce the impact of disasters.
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Indigenous housing support in Australia: the lay of the land
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the current Indigenous housing system in Australia to support development of future policies. The research looked at how Indigenous housing is managed, funded and regulated in Australia and ways to support Indigenous Australians in making their own decisions about their housing.
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Lived experience participation and influence in homelessness and housing policy, service design and practice
This research examined the evidence for, and experiences of, people with lived experience participating in and influencing housing and homelessness policy, service design and practice. It identifies a number of principles organisations can implement so that people with lived experience can participate meaningfully.
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Incentivising small-scale investors to supply affordable private rental housing
This research examines how governments can encourage small-scale private investors to provide affordable rental housing. It finds that landlords who follow the positively geared, long-term hold investment model are most likely to be part of affordable housing schemes. The research finds unaimous support among landlords and lays out the advantages for them.