Briefs

Higher density housing in Australia is often presented as a more affordable option than stand-alone houses. When asking if apartments really are more affordable than houses, we need to consider: affordable for whom?

This AHURI Brief considers how higher density housing contributes to affordability outcomes - for governments, for developers and for households.

This is the fourth and final Brief in our density series.

The Australian Government has agreed to a National Housing Accord (Accord) with states and territories, local government, institutional investors and the building industry. The Accord aims to build 1.2 million new well-located homes over 5 years from mid-2024.

This AHURI Brief is part of a series exploring housing density. It unpacks what ‘well-located’ means in Australia.

This AHURI Brief explores what makes for good quality higher density housing and what is an appropriate level of density for a thriving neighbourhood. This Brief is the second in a series on density, following on from ‘What are 'housing density' and 'high density housing'?

In August 2023, National Cabinet released the National Planning Reform Blueprint to improve housing supply and affordability across Australia. One of the 10 measures included in the Blueprint is to promote medium and high-density housing in well-located areas.

One challenge in implementing the Blueprint is that there is no single definition of medium or high-density housing in Australia.

This AHURI Brief is the first in a series exploring housing density. It unpacks the multiple ways ‘housing density’ and ‘high density’ are defined in Australia.

The concept of Indigenous Data Sovereignty is rapidly gaining prominence, both in Australia and internationally, and is likely to have important implications for developing housing and urban policy. This AHURI Brief explains what Indigenous Data Sovereignty is and how it can be successfully incorporated into data gathering and policy development strategies of government and non-government organisations in Australia.