Background information...

This National Research Venture focused on outcomes and solutions for households in need of assistance because of affordability problems.  The focus of the research was on income-constrained households in broad categories that identify those potentially at risk of affordability problems either now or in the future. These were:

  • economically disadvantaged households,
  • newly formed households,
  • restructuring households and
  • older households with changing needs.

The key research question is: ‘How do we enhance housing affordability for lower-income households in Australia?’  The research agenda outlined below breaks this question down into 6 logically connected, researchable areas:

  1. How is the problem conceptualised?
  2. What are the drivers of affordability problems?
  3. Why does affordability matter?
  4. Who has an affordability problem? How has this changed over time?
  5. What are projected affordability problems into the future?
  6. How do we assess policies intended to improve affordability?

Further details about the structure of this National Research Venture can be found in the Full NRV plan.

Research Leader - Judith Yates, AHURI Sydney Research Centre

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