Housing development
Alternative labels
Housing planning
Briefing paper
Heritage protections in Victoria
This research paper provides an overview of the system of laws, regulations and bodies designed to protect Victoria’s historic buildings, landscapes, and culturally significant places. Maps of local government areas showing the concentration of heritage overlays within each LGA are also included.
Report
Review of housing supply challenges and policy options for New South Wales
This review sought to identify the barriers currently impacting housing supply in New South Wales and the actions needed to address them. The report finds that the cost of building homes has increased significantly since 2018, with barriers including high construction and borrowing costs, capacity constraints in the construction sector, and bottlenecks in the development...
Research Summary
'Revenue share' for housing
The research note explores options for councils to receive a portion of tax revenue from new housing developments, addressing New Zealand's persistent housing shortage.
Report
Improving small area population projections
Understanding the patterns and impacts of population migrations within Australia is key for governments and providers of housing, infrastructure and services to be able to plan where they will prioritise resources. This research critically assesses the population projection methods available to Australian decision-makers and planners. A significant finding is that because different users need different...
Working paper
Modern housing: an environmental common good
This paper argues that the current housing systems prioritises the needs of investment funds and construction companies over the people and planet, and sets out a plan for the rethinking of housing as a common good.