This review sought to identify the barriers currently impacting housing supply in New South Wales and the actions needed to address them. The report finds that the cost of building homes has increased significantly since 2018, with barriers including high construction and borrowing costs, capacity constraints in the construction sector, and bottlenecks in the development...

Does new housing provided by the private market increase the availability of affordable housing? Or should government policy subsidise housing and directly target low-income households to increase affordability? The answer depends on how quickly housing becomes more affordable as it ages and this is explored in this paper.

This paper explores how housing supply responds to demand and implications for affordability. It draws attention to some commonly overlooked themes and unpacks assumptions about factors that affect housing supply. The paper provides an outlook on current evidence and offers insights into the dynamics of housing supply.

This research examines how population migration to particular suburbs or regions across Australia affects house prices in different suburbs and regions. Besides targeting policies that provide financial support for households experiencing housing stress in regional areas, policy-makers should be aware that policies focused on particular regions can have unintended consequences for nearby regions.

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.