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The Victorian Planning Policy Repository contains strategies, reports, evaluations and other resources from local and state government planning departments, as well as from private practice and academia, to support the work of professional planners in Victoria.
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A comparison of renters and homeowners in recent decades
This paper covers the recent history of the housing market in the United States, from the latter half of the 20th century to today. It compares homeowner and renter experiences, and examines government policies meant to ease the financial burdens of finding and maintaining housing.
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The crumbling Australian dream: an examination of Australia’s housing sector
Owning a home has always been a cornerstone of the Australian dream. This paper, written by Federal Labor MP for Macnamara, Josh Burns, demonstrates that it's a dream that is crumbling for far too many Australians.
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Audit of accessible features in new houses, apartments and townhouses
The findings of this study support the idea that well-designed housing that works for people with mobility impairments does not compromise the design of housing for the general population – rather it enhances the built environment.
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The need to build: the demographic drivers of housing demand
This report examines the scale of New Zealand's housing problems and provide some recommendations for policymakers to help reduce the crisis.
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State of the nation 2021
This report looks at five specific areas of social wellbeing and measures outcomes that impact on the wellbeing of the communities, whānau and individuals that the Salvation Army, Te Ope Whakaora, works with.
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Australian experts' views of housing in the economy: abstract dreamings or real directions?
This report analyses the expert opinions of leading economists and other senior housing market specialists on interrelationships between the housing system, economic performance, and wealth distribution in Australia.
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Building better homes: a National Building Code for all Australians
This campaign seeks mandatory accessibility standards within Australia's National Building Code to ensure access to appropriate housing for hundreds of thousands of people.
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Never let a crisis go to waste: social policy opportunities from COVID-19
In this paper, the authors share a range of ideas relating to health, labour markets, the tax and transfer system, gender equality, education, housing, and criminal justice. The aim is to provide an optimistic, forward-looking counterpoint to what has undoubtedly been a catastrophic year.
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Implementation of production system design in house building projects: a Lean journey in Chile
This article reports the experience of a construction company that has implemented production system design (PSD) and the Last Planner System (LPS), as part of the development of an improvement program in production management based on the Lean Philosophy. This company is based in Chile...