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AHURI has announced the research projects that make up the 2021 National Housing Research Program (NHRP). The NHRP has been an integral foundation for understanding key housing and urban issues and ongoing policy development by all levels of government and housing practitioners for many years.

Low-income households are a critical to the workforce but are increasingly struggling to find affordable rental housing near suitable jobs in Australia’s major cities and regions, according to new AHURI research.

Reforming metropolitan governance in Australian cities is essential to effectively addressing pressing urban issues such as action on climate change, coordinating population and urban development growth, and minimising spatial inequities and suburban sprawl, new AHURI research has revealed.

The Victorian Government has released the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. The Report covers many aspects of how people experiencing mental health issues interact with government and community across Victoria and supports 65 formal recommendations, including having safe, supportive and affordable housing as an important part of the solution.

Using a newly available and extremely large Government dataset, researchers have revealed that demand for Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) is far higher than commonly understood, with nearly 2 million households receiving CRA during 2016 rather than the 1.3 million households previously quoted by Government agencies.