Recent Publications

Issue 106: Child support can help to secure housing for resident parents and their children after relationship breakdown

The receipt of more than $75 per week in child support assisted resident parents living apart to secure better quality housing for themselves and their children. For non-resident parents living apart, the payment of child support appeared to have no measurable effect upon the standard of their housing. The ongoing obligation to pay child support was nevertheless identified by non-resident parents living apart as an additional financial stress that shaped their housing circumstances, such as preventing the purchase of a new home.

No. 106: Innovative financing for home ownership: the potential for shared equity initiatives in Australia

This project focuses on the potential that shared equity has to provide a solution to affordability problems and the type and level of government assistance that will be needed to ensure specific objectives can be met. The challenging task of addressing the varied requirements, preferences and barriers faced by potential customers, lenders and investors - as much as meeting government policy aims - has been recognised from the outset of the study.

No. 105: A review of the contextual issues regarding housing market dynamics in resource boom towns

This positioning paper provides a context for examining housing market dynamics in four Australian resource boom towns: Kalgoorlie and Karratha in Western Australia, and Emerald and Moranbah in Queensland. The impact of the resource boom on housing affordability is examined, as are its effects on a variety of other related socio-economic indicators in those towns, including the availability and appropriateness of housing, community development, social cohesion and exclusion.

Issue 105: International practice in planning for affordable housing: lessons for Australia

Australia's land use planning system could be enhanced to better support and promote affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households.