The project seeks to determine the factors influencing the take up of reverse mortgage products and services within the context of overall demand. This research project focuses on provision of a comprehensive appraisal of reverse mortgages as they pertain to ‘ageing in place’ and community care decision-making.

This positioning paper provides the empirical update from 2001 to 2006 on the need for, and supply of, low rent stock in the private rental market. It addresses the following questions: 1. Within the private rental sector, what has happened to household incomes and rents during this period? 2. To what extent do shortages exist...

The biggest beneficiaries of tax concessions on owner-occupied residences are the wealthiest in the community, according to this report. The report finds that the tax system provides indirect assistance to owner-occupiers worth about $45 billion annually. Most of this ($30 billion) is due to the exemption of owner-occupied homes from capital gains tax. Individual property...

This positioning paper addresses a number of key questions relating to the sustainability of Australian households. It explores: 1. What are household waste/water/energy attitudes and practices? 2. How waste/water/energy attitudes and practices have changed over time. 3. What factors have driven changes in household waste/water/energy attitudes and practices? 4. The relationship between householders? waste/water/energy attitudes...

This Positioning Paper is the first report from a project which seeks to add to the research evidence base on the financial and non-financial outcomes of home ownership for households.