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.

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.

This study examines the place-based factors that influence people moving to and from Australian regional and rural areas and considers policy solutions for managing the impacts of this change. Policies to support liveability, such as improvements to housing affordability and availability, local health and education services, and local transport infrastructure, as well as funding for...

This research investigates how young households (aged 25–34) in Sydney and Perth are adapting their spending and saving behaviours and living arrangements in order to be able to buy a home.

This report addresses the serious and growing problem of building defects in the trillion dollar multi-unit housing sector. The findings are intended to inform changes to planning and development policy and regulation, leading to improved building quality and safety, lower costs and stress for owners, more resilient urban communities, and better urban planning outcomes.