The focus of this paper is on the politics and significance of Plan Melbourne, with significance being most closely assessed in terms of the Plan’s ability to influence housing outcomes. The paper proceeds from my housing and governance research that led to Australia’s Unintended Cities.

This paper defines different segments of Sydney’s housing markets, and investigates how home prices and rents varied across those markets.

Housing is a central component of productive, healthy and meaningful lives, and a principle social determinant of broader health and wellbeing. Surprisingly though, evidence on the ways that housing influences health in Australia is poorly developed.

This paper presents a longitudinal study, which included interviews with 97 Bonnyrigg families that are living through various stages of the renewal, which was conducted during 2012. Outcomes of these interviews show that while the community physically remains ‘in place’ during renewal, feelings of ‘limbo’ and a sense of placelessness were pervasive amongst sections of...

This paper presents some findings from a survey undertaken in medium-density apartment housing in Fairfield, Sydney between September-December 2012 as part of a Ph.D. thesis.