Australia is experiencing a housing crisis. A 2025 survey was designed to document the lived experience of people affected by the crisis. This report presents the findings of the survey and the themes that emerge from respondents’ experiences. It shows how housing insecurity intersects with income inadequacy, energy hardship and declining housing quality.

This research reviewed government policies and practices and investigated Australian case studies to better understand the quality, energy, and locational and transportation dimensions of housing affordability. The findings point to the need for a universally applied definition of safe and healthy housing standards across Australia and the need for policymakers to measure households’ required energy...

This article discusses the shortcomings of the energy market and how energy equity would be better achieved through non-market approaches, such as the provision of essential energy for free – labelled as a Basic Energy Right in the essay, and colloquially as a Universal Basic Income for Energy.

This report summarises feedback New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment received during the public consultation process on defining and measuring energy hardship and sets out an initial set of measures of energy hardship.

More than 3 billion people do not have access to clean energy and primarily use solid fuels to cook. This paper urges efforts to accelerate the adoption of clean cooking fuels to improve air quality and avert child mortality associated with household air pollution.