This research looks at Australian shared equity schemes, which are programs where governments or other organisations help people buy a home in exchange for part-ownership of the property. It compares the advantages, disadvantages and unintended consequences of different models, and creates an evidence-base to support the design of future government-led shared equity programs.

Responding to concerns about adverse environmental impacts of amenity migration on the rural-urban fringe (Abrams et al., 2012), this paper poses the question: is the rural residential estate (RRE) a settlement space where humans can improve ways of living with nonhuman nature?