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Social housing is completely overstretched. Re-imagining the system could support more people.
With the cost of living crisis and rising rents across Australia there is growing recognition of the need for social housing to help even more people. Although governments provide subsidised homes to 423,000 vulnerable and low income households, the demand is outstripping supply.
When governments reshuffle, housing policy can suffer. Here’s how to keep housing policy on track.
When governments change, either because of election results or from political restructures, the make up of government departments also change.
Landlords are key to rental housing stability. New research finds two very different investing behaviours.
New AHURI research reveals half of all rental properties are held for only 2 years or less, however nearly a third of all landlords retain a rental property for over 20 years.
This suggests there are at least two distinct investment strategies of landlords: short-term investors and long-term investors.
As disasters become more frequent, home insurance must evolve
With recent flooding affecting large parts of Queensland and NSW, timely new research from AHURI highlights the need for Australian home insurance policies to evolve. The report urges home insurance models to move toward making Australian homes more resilient to future disasters.
AHURI’s 2025 research program to tackle critical housing issues
AHURI is very pleased to announce the funded projects for the 2025 National Housing Research Program.
The 2025 program includes a range of projects that will make a crucial contribution to housing and homelessness policy and practice issues.