Briefs

Platforms like Airbnb have brought about huge growth in short-term letting (STL) practices. AHURI research has identified a number of quite different reasons that motivate hosts to list their dwelling on Airbnb.

By 2050, Australia’s population is projected to reach more than 35 million, with over 70 per cent of this growth in the capital cities. One way of accommodating this growing population is by rebuilding and regenerating ‘greyfield’ suburbs.

The 2019 Productivity Commission report into Government Services reveals that young people who are receiving CRA are more likely to be in housing affordability stress (HAS) than any other age or special needs group. Indeed, 57.4 per cent of young people aged 24 years or under receiving CRA are in housing affordability stress, compared to 27.4 per cent of people aged 75 years or older receiving CRA who are in housing affordability stress.

Mortgage stress’, ‘rental stress’ and ‘housing affordability stress’ are terms often used in the media to describe people experiencing financial strain in the housing system, but what do the terms really mean?

Providing social housing to households in need requires government to fill the ‘funding gap’—but what is a funding gap and what are the ways to fund it? AHURI research consistently shows that regardless of which funding or financing model is used to provide social housing, its supply is dependent on some form of government subsidy.