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AHURI collaborates on new 2021 Australian Infrastructure Plan
Infrastructure Australia has released the 2021 Australian Infrastructure Plan, which includes, for the first time, a chapter on social infrastructure, acknowledging the critical role social infrastructure—such as schools, hospitals, parks, community centres and social housing—plays in supporting the nation’s wellbeing.
Housing ex-prisoners reduces interactions with justice system and saves money: report
Ex-prisoners with complex support needs who receive public housing have better criminal justice outcomes than comparable ex-prisoners who receive private rental assistance only, new AHURI research has revealed. The research, ‘Exiting prison with complex support needs: the role of housing assistance’, examines the housing pathways of ex-prisoners with complex support needs.
Rental discrimination exacerbated by technology and informal tenancies
Although there are laws across Australia to prevent discrimination, experiences of biased and subjective behaviour by landlords, real estate agents and fellow tenants occur across Australia’s private rental sector, according to new AHURI research. The research, ‘Understanding discrimination effects in private rental housing’, examines discrimination and existing policy, law and practice in Australia’s private rental sector.
COVID induced shift to regional living an opportunity to rebalance Australia’s settlement strategy
With regional Australia becoming an in-demand destination during the COVID-19 pandemic, new AHURI research has examined international strategies and Australian case studies about how best to plan for the growth of regional cities.
How Australia's private rental sector compares with the world
Although Australia and Germany both exempt owner-occupied housing from capital gains and provide for negative gearing in the private rental sector, in Australia it underlies speculative inflation, while in Germany house prices are relatively steady due to a large private rental sector, low population growth, conservative lending by public financial institutions and rent regulations, AHURI research has revealed.