The report explores the role of local council in boosting housing supply and access for vulnerable people. It assesses factors that shape or limit council contributions, the replicability of novel interventions, and how the State Government can better support local contributions.

In 2021-22, across Australia over 174,600 households had applied to live in social housing, but only 29,100 households—usually those with complex or acute needs—were offered a home. This research investigates how policymakers and housing providers can use other forms of housing assistance to support people who are otherwise eligible for social housing.

This final inquiry report examines the challenges of financing to buy a first home. It incorporates four supporting research projects and focuses on socio-economic developments and policy settings that impact access to home ownership.

The gravity and urgency of the climate emergency and the housing affordability crisis together warrant a significant, coordinated national effort to recalibrate the housing industry and ensure its sustainable future. This report informs a strategy to facilitate circular economy housing - from construction, through operation to demolition - and the incentives and regulatory levers needed...

This report investigates the rationale for an Australian housing and homelessness strategy. Applying contemporary thinking about the role of governments in complex problem-solving, and lessons from other ‘national approaches’ here and internationally, it sets out options for achieving cohesive, co-ordinated action on housing and homelessness in the Australian federation.