This study analysed recently completed affordable housing developments across Australia to ascertain how affordable housing project costs, revenues and subsidies interact.

This project examined state government-led innovations in affordable housing through analysis of two state-level strategies and two state-level programs.

The study examines whether the diminishing supply of affordable housing options for lower income central city workers is having an impact on central city businesses and on the overall productivity of those economies.

Research Objectives The objective of this research was to establish whether the diminishing supply of affordable housing options for lower income (LI) workers near job-rich central city (CC) locations is having an impact on CC businesses and on the overall productivity of CC economies.

Using textual analysis techniques, this paper unpacks the planning concept of the mixed-use neighbourhood, as used in Sydney’s planning strategies.