Report highlights regional housing policy neglect in Australia
Failure to recognise the distinct regional housing markets in Australia and respond accordingly will see the current pressures continue to escalate.
Anglicare WA: Rental Affordability Snapshot
It is based on 3,457 available private rentals in the Perth metro area, South West and Great Southern, and the North West.
Research estimates the costs of social and affordable housing shortages to society
The research forms a larger project being funded by several housing organisations including CHIA, Everybody’s Home and Shelter NSW.
Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic housing policy responses
It considered literature and policy from Australia and a small number of international comparator policies; conducted online surveys of landlords and of economists; and consulted key stake holders.
Keeping kids safe and well: your voices
Children and young people are experts in their own lives, and their insights are critical for understanding how we can better support their safety and wellbeing.
IPCC: Climate Change 2022 Mitigation of Climate Change
The IPCC report calls out the need to embed equity principles in the solutions to reduce emissions and adapt to the climate change impacts already locked.
RAI discussion paper on meeting demand for regional housing
Structural barriers to home building in regional Australia is outlined as the key reason for building not keeping pace with population growth.
New data reveals extent of housing affordability concern
The Australia-wide poll of 1,100 people undertaken last week by Essential Media also found women are more concerned than men when it comes to the issue of affordability.
Housing market impacts and housing policy responses – an international review
The report highlights that, with house prices also having risen sharply during the crisis in most of the researched countries, housing affordability pressures are now generally even more acute in 2022 than when COVID first hit.
The Australian Dream: Inquiry into housing affordability and supply in Australia
In this report, the Committee makes sixteen recommendations to improve housing supply and affordability across the country.
Infrastructure Australia – Regional Strengths and Infrastructure Gaps report
Infrastructure Australia have released their inaugural Regional Strengths and Infrastructure Gaps report.
Hot Homes – Renter Researchers’ experience of summer 21-22
The national Better Renting campaign has launched its very excellent Hot Homes: Renter Researchers’ experiences of summer 21-22 report.
COVID, Inequality and Poverty in 2020 & 2021
This report is part of a series on poverty and inequality in Australia produced by a partnership between the Australian Council of Social Service and the University of New South Wales.
‘What works’ to sustain Indigenous tenancies in Australia
Only around a third of Indigenous Australians own their own home, compared to two-thirds of non-Indigenous people.
Behind the Line: Poverty and disadvantage in Australia 2022
The report contains the section ‘The Role of Housing Costs in Driving Poverty’ which focuses on how financially vulnerable people are forced to make spending decisions on really tight margins with little or no discretionary income.
Collective effort to improve housing market in regional centres
Their newly released Housing Solutions and Action Plan outlines RACWA’s objective to increase awareness of housing issues in regional WA.
