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Embracing alternative housing ideas to house our ageing population
New AHURI research, ‘Alternative housing models for precariously housed older Australians’, is exploring the potential of alternative housing models to increase the supply of affordable housing for older Australians and the role alternative financing schemes could play in expanding those options.
What new housing and urban policies can be expected from the incoming Federal Government?
As part of its 2022 Federal Election campaign, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has made a number of election commitments to housing and homelessness issues across Australia.
First keynote speaker announced for National Homelessness Conference
In March 2022, the major Australian media organisation, Are Media, along with a coalition of women's sector groups, launched ‘Unhoused’, a pre-election advocacy campaign calling for increased funding to address a national crisis that sees 49,000 Australian women homeless.
Jobs, services and housing key to driving regional population growth: report
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated concerns about housing affordability and access to services for people living in regional Australia, new AHURI research reveals.
Pandemic housing policy responses were fast and mostly effective but support for renters was patchy: report
AHURI report finds the emergency response by the states and territories in private rental policy was remarkable, but the implementation of these measures was patchy