Built environment
Report
Sustainable housing at a neighbourhood scale
This report investigates the challenges and opportunities that built environment professionals in Australia experience when planning, designing, and implementing sustainable housing developments at the neighbourhood scale. It also examines strategies and policy levers employed in case study eco-neighbourhoods from across Australia and Europe to inform future Australian policy and practice.
Report
The delivery of Inland Rail: an independent review
In October 2022, the Australian Government announced the appointment of Dr Kerry Schott AO to undertake an independent review to assess the governance and delivery of the Inland Rail program. This report outlines the findings from the review.
Policy report
A new form of housing supply for Australia: Build to Rent housing
This study, commissioned by the Property Council of Australia, shows that levelling the investment playing field and decreasing regulatory and other policy barriers for build-to-rent homes could deliver 150,000 new apartments and help address Australia’s stark housing affordability challenges.
Report
State of the nation’s housing 2022–23
This report provides a snapshot of housing demand and supply across Australia, with a view to identifying supply shortfalls that could over time exacerbate affordability problems.
Report
Housing affordability: experiences, attitudes, and appetite for change
The Australian Housing Monitor is a new, annual survey of public attitudes toward, and experiences of, housing. This report provides some of the headline results from the inaugural survey.