This report attempts to break the current political impasse by provide a range of politically pragmatic proposals that would reform negative gearing without abolishing it outright. In each of these scenarios, existing investors are quarantined, with negative gearing only partially restricted. In addition, this report has also attempted to identify opportunities that would restructure negative...

This research study investigates the effectiveness of residential investment vehicles in enhancing the supply of private rental properties in Australia and elsewhere.

This audit assessed the effectiveness of the consumer protection framework for domestic building construction. Summary The audit examined the performance of Victorian Building Authority, Building Practitioners Board, Consumer Affairs Victoria and Victorian Managed Insurance Authority as they provide functions key to building regulation and to the consumer protection framework in domestic building. The report makes...

This Positioning Paper is the first output of a project that aims to forecast future housing subsidies that will accompany projected demographic changes and the challenges these trends may pose for the fiscal sustainability of housing policy. Population ageing is a key demographic trend that features strongly in Australia’s future demographic projections and has important...

This paper considers accountability mechanisms in existing Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreements on affordable housing and homelessness. It makes recommendations for improving those mechanisms' ability to deliver better outcomes for people who are experiencing homelessness and for those at risk of homelessness.