Mike Berry, Christine Whitehead, Peter Williams and Judith Yates critically compare the debates, research findings and policy developments directed towards attracting private investment into affordable housing provision in Australia and the UK.

This is the first Australian study to bring together the international evidence about the cost of homelessness across key government service areas as well as to societies and individuals - and the benefits achieved by intervening to prevent homelessness. On any one night the number of homeless in Australia is estimated at 60,000 to 105,000...

Three previous AHURI reports have clearly established that housing affordability problems have intensified significantly in Australia over the past 15 years; the bottom end of the rental housing market is failing abjectly in meeting rising demand; existing housing subsidies are inadequate to deal with the worsening situation; and that the only feasible alternative is to...

This project is about operationalising the outcomes of a previous commercially focused AHURI project, “Policy Options for Stimulating Private Sector Investment in Affordable Housing Across Australia” which is being prepared for the Affordable Housing National Research Consortium. The project is concerned with providing a blueprint and supporting additional financial analysis for the implementation of the...

This positioning paper outlines an AHURI research project which will examine the effects of urban economic change on the western region of Melbourne, focusing specifically on local labour and housing markets. The specific concern of the study will be how changes in the dynamics of labour and housing markets may be alleviating social disadvantage in...