Rental affordability
Data portal
Housing assistance in Australia 2016
Secure and affordable housing is fundamental to the wellbeing of all Australians. It provides a platform for many of life's benefits, including stable employment, connection to the community and a sense of home. Unfortunately, many Australians are not able to access affordable, suitable housing with their own economic and social resources. Assistance provided by governments...
Conference paper
Archetypes and other heuristics for planning in the social complexity of the Australian private rental system
In the context of declining home ownership and decreasing levels of financial, physical, material and ontological security, this paper captures renters’ subjective micronarratives and uses a participatory methodological approach developed for understanding social complexity.
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Did abolishing negative gearing push up rents?
Treasurer Joe Hockey claims abolishing negative gearing could push up rents, because that's what happened in the 1980s.
Conference paper
Housing affordability for key workers employed in the city of Melbourne
The paper discusses the extent of a key worker housing affordability issue for key workers in the City of Melbourne. The paper aims to determine whether the key worker housing affordability issue is a valid concern for key worker employers in the City of Melbourne.
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Greens Senator Scott Ludlam exaggerates rent increases
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam claims rental prices have doubled across the country and tripled in the ACT, Queensland and WA since 2000.