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Crisis accommodation in crisis
Each year more than 160,000 people experiencing or at risk of homelessness seek crisis accommodation from SHS. Not all can be accommodated, and many are turned away. For those who do access crisis accommodation, experiences vary significantly. New research, ‘Crisis accommodation in Australia: now and for the future’, undertaken for AHURI by researchers from Swinburne University, Launch Housing, University of South Australia and Flinders University, explores the different crisis accommodation models operating in Australia to find out what works and what doesn’t. It highlights a range of gaps in the availability and quality of crisis accommodation that people receive, as well as the urgent need to improve exit options to longer term accommodation. It also steps out what’s needed to fix crisis accommodation.
National Cabinet meets to increase housing supply, improve renter’s rights.
The National Cabinet meeting of the Federal, State and Territory Governments in Brisbane on 16 August agreed on a number of ways to further improve Australia’s housing supply and to support renters. These measures are well targeted to improve Australia's housing outcomes.
AHURI explores options for older Australians living in unaffordable housing on low incomes
Over the last 20 years, housing options for older Australians on lower incomes have been getting worse with home ownership rates falling, more people carrying their mortgage debt into retirement and reduced access to social housing.
Young households struggle to buy a home, with first homebuyer rates lagging previous generations
The home ownership rate of first home buyers born in the late 1980s is significantly less than was the case for first homebuyers born in previous decades, and even after 20 years, the rate of ownership is still only 75 per cent of the rate earlier decades, new AHURI research has revealed.
Circular Economy thinking in Australia’s housing industry could cut greenhouse gas emissions
As the construction sector produces about 18 per cent of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions, coming up with an overarching strategy that will reduce this impact is vital. A new AHURI Inquiry final report, Informing a strategy for circular economy housing in Australia, brings together a wealth of information needed to build an effective and efficient circular economy (CE) for the Australian housing industry: from construction, through operation to demolition and recycling of used building materials.