Report
Short-term rental accommodation: models, impacts and policy responses
This research investigates a range of short-term rental accommodation (STRA) models across Australia and their impacts on housing markets and communities. It identifies the policy responses most likely to resolve the competing demands for short- and long-term rental housing. Understanding STRA models, provider motivations, and impacts is key to effective policy development and regulation.
Report
Inquiry into projecting Australia’s urban and regional futures: population dynamics, regional mobility and planning responses
This research investigates different ways to predict local population growth and change. It looks at what drives people to move between urban and regional Australia and what this migration means for planning infrastructure and housing to support population growth and change.
Report
Spatial segregation and neighbourhood change
This research studies the extent and patterns of spatial segregation by income bands and levels of neighbourhood deprivation across Australia’s five largest capital cities - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Report
Private sector involvement in social and affordable housing
This research investigates models for engaging private sector investors and developers in financing or delivering social and affordable housing, across different market segments and tenures in Australia and internationally. It also identifies key existing and potential players, and financial, regulatory or development barriers to wider participation.
Conference paper
Can planning incentives deliver affordable housing in our cities and regions? Evidence from NSW
This paper examines evidence of the outcomes of a NSW planning policy that provides a state-wide density bonus for infill, multi-unit housing projects that dedicate at least 20% of gross floor area for affordable rental housing.