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Housing policy needs a bipartisan strategy and stable governance arrangements, senior officials say
A bipartisan national housing and homelessness strategy would support more effective policy and greater coordination of effort across all states and territories, a new AHURI report suggests.
New research explores how to grow Australia’s social housing system
New mission-focused policies with long-term investment strategies could reverse Australia’s decline in social housing provision, a report from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) suggests.
From hosts to ghosts: short-term rentals for entire homes outnumber shared stays
New AHURI research shows the short-term rental accommodation (STRA) sector is becoming increasingly professionalised, in a departure from its original ‘sharing economy’ model.
AHURI welcomes Macquarie University and The University of Queensland as new research partners
The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) is pleased to announce the addition of two new research partners to its national network: Macquarie University and The University of Queensland.
Cracking the rental vacancy rate: A first-of-its-kind deep dive into the metric shaping housing markets
New AHURI research has critically analysed private rental vacancy rates for the first time, exploring the metrics’ strengths and limitations, and how they are created and used.
The research revealed Australia’s approach to RVRs was unusual internationally and has implications for the public and private entities relying on the metric.