Housing affordability and tax reform have shaped up to be two of the defining issues this election. The Property Council of Australia – which describes itself as “the Voice of Leadership” – has helped frame the debate on behalf of its 2200 company members. The financial stakes are high when it comes to lobbying for...

This paper goes beneath the quantitative analysis of regulatory difference to understand qualitatively how different planning settings might affect residential development decisions and patterns of new housing supply in four metropolitan regions.

This article argues that redesigning the housing market and supporting deliberative development are the keys to achieving good, affordable apartments.

Construction of skyscrapers in central Melbourne should be supported because a big jump in CBD population has many benefits for residents including easy access to jobs, shops and entertainment, according to this report.

This paper extends the work of McLaughlin (2011 and 2012) and Gitelman and Otto (2012) by estimating new housing supply within a single metropolitan area. Specifically, we estimate supply elasticity for local governments areas (LGAs) in Adelaide, South Australia between the years 2001 and 2010.