Government action may be necessary to unlock affordable housing supply in rural and regional housing markets, which face some different challenges - including some more adverse - than those faced by metropolitan areas, according to new AHURI research.

‘Housing as a human right’ has been debated in Australia for a number of decades. Through the 2009 National Human Rights Consultation Australians identified housing as one of their most important rights. This is because housing provides the basis for stability and security in many social, cultural, and economic aspects of individual and family life.

Movement between remote communities and urban centres is vital for many Indigenous Australians, however mobility patterns can add pressure to already underfunded infrastructure and services in remote communities, finds new AHURI research.