In this report, the Council presents an overview of the state and functioning of Australia’s housing system. It assesses demand and supply conditions, and how these factors influence dwelling prices and rents. The report assesses housing affordability in Australia across tenure, age and income groups, and focuses in detail on cohorts of vulnerable people.

Looking at data on housing affordability measures for Canterbury and its earthquake recovery experience, this paper discusses the factors contributing to Canterbury’s improved housing availability and affordability despite the significant housing destruction during the 2011 earthquake and identifies key takeaways for policy-makers.

This report provides a unique point-in-time analysis of how the global health crisis of COVID-19 and policy and population responses temporarily altered the long-run structural trajectory of the private rental sector in Australia.

This paper describes the large effects of planning restrictions on housing affordability. It then discusses various objections to this finding, and concludes with a discussion of policy options.

In this report, the Committee proposes the need for a national approach to addressing the rental and housing affordability crisis. It emphasises the importance of Victoria working with the Commonwealth Government to clarify the aim of housing policies.