This research project examines how the low rent end of the Australian private rental market fared between the 1996 and 2001 Censuses. During this period a number of significant changes affected the private rental housing market. Household incomes improved. Nationally, the growth in the number of households continued to outpace population growth as more and...

Commonwealth rent assistance (CRA) is a non-taxable income supplement paid through Centrelink to individuals and families who rent in the private rental market. This bulletin addresses the characteristics of recipients; the accommodation used by recipients; the Centrelink client groups receiving CRA; comparison of recipients with Centrelink clients living in public housing; and the effect of...

In this interdisciplinary study, Andrew Jones, Martin Bell, Cheryl Tilse and George Earl scope the policy issues, clarify policy choices and develop a programme of research in the provision of good quality, affordable rental housing for older Australians who are not home owners.

This publication presents results from an Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) survey of businesses involved in real estate services. The survey was conducted in respect of the 2002–03 financial year. The 2002–03 Real Estate Services Survey is the fifth ABS survey on this topic, with previous collections being conducted in respect of the 1998–99, 1995–96...

Judith Yates, Maryann Wulff and Margaret Reynolds analyse 2001 census data to determine the mismatch (or otherwise) between the supply of and the need for low rent housing.