Home Insights Briefs Briefs brief 2nd May 2018 in brief brief 2nd May 2018 in brief How are intergenerational wealth transfers impacting first home purchases? Recent analysis and media coverage suggests that the current house price boom means young Australians are likely to be financially worse off than their parents, and that more first-home buyers are relying on their parents’ wealth than ever before. Just how many first home buyers are relying on intergenerational wealth transfers, either through cash transfers or through inheritance, and how are they benefiting? view details brief 28th April 2018 in brief brief 28th April 2018 in brief How can landlords be incentivised to provide long term leases to low-income tenants? The Tasmanian Housing Minister, Roger Jaensch MP, has indicated that the Tasmanian Government plans to pay investors up to $13,000 a year if they make their properties available to low-income renters, in a new bid to address that state's housing crisis. The housing assistance plan aims to enable low income households to secure affordable rental properties with 12 month leases at an affordable rent. view details brief 27th April 2018 in brief brief 27th April 2018 in brief How has homelessness changed between 2011-2016? This is the first of three AHURI Briefs that examines Census data to understand how homelessness is changing in Australia. The 2016 Census reveals that 116,427 people were experiencing homelessness in August 2016, which was a 13.7 per cent increase, or an additional 13,988 people, to the 2011 Census. Over the same time period Australia’s population rose by a smaller 8.8 per cent, from 21,507,717 people in 2011 to 23,401,892 in 2016. view details brief 17th April 2018 in brief brief 17th April 2018 in brief Which state/territory has experienced the greatest increase in rough sleepers? Across the categories of homelessness, rough sleeping often receives the most most media attention due to its public and confronting nature. Sleeping rough is defined by the ABS as living in improvised dwellings, tents, or sleeping out. As a category of homelessness, it recorded the second largest increase in the 2016 Census (after people in severely overcrowded housing). view details brief 10th April 2018 in brief brief 10th April 2018 in brief Where has homelessness increased in Australia? Looking at the categories of homelessness in NSW from 2011–16, we find the largest increase of 72.4 per cent was for those living in 'severely' crowded dwellings, from 9,655 people in 2011 to 16,821—an increase of 7,166. The ABS defines a severely overcrowded home as needing four or more extra bedrooms to house the occupants of the dwelling. view details Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Current page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
brief 2nd May 2018 in brief brief 2nd May 2018 in brief How are intergenerational wealth transfers impacting first home purchases? Recent analysis and media coverage suggests that the current house price boom means young Australians are likely to be financially worse off than their parents, and that more first-home buyers are relying on their parents’ wealth than ever before. Just how many first home buyers are relying on intergenerational wealth transfers, either through cash transfers or through inheritance, and how are they benefiting? view details
brief 28th April 2018 in brief brief 28th April 2018 in brief How can landlords be incentivised to provide long term leases to low-income tenants? The Tasmanian Housing Minister, Roger Jaensch MP, has indicated that the Tasmanian Government plans to pay investors up to $13,000 a year if they make their properties available to low-income renters, in a new bid to address that state's housing crisis. The housing assistance plan aims to enable low income households to secure affordable rental properties with 12 month leases at an affordable rent. view details
brief 27th April 2018 in brief brief 27th April 2018 in brief How has homelessness changed between 2011-2016? This is the first of three AHURI Briefs that examines Census data to understand how homelessness is changing in Australia. The 2016 Census reveals that 116,427 people were experiencing homelessness in August 2016, which was a 13.7 per cent increase, or an additional 13,988 people, to the 2011 Census. Over the same time period Australia’s population rose by a smaller 8.8 per cent, from 21,507,717 people in 2011 to 23,401,892 in 2016. view details
brief 17th April 2018 in brief brief 17th April 2018 in brief Which state/territory has experienced the greatest increase in rough sleepers? Across the categories of homelessness, rough sleeping often receives the most most media attention due to its public and confronting nature. Sleeping rough is defined by the ABS as living in improvised dwellings, tents, or sleeping out. As a category of homelessness, it recorded the second largest increase in the 2016 Census (after people in severely overcrowded housing). view details
brief 10th April 2018 in brief brief 10th April 2018 in brief Where has homelessness increased in Australia? Looking at the categories of homelessness in NSW from 2011–16, we find the largest increase of 72.4 per cent was for those living in 'severely' crowded dwellings, from 9,655 people in 2011 to 16,821—an increase of 7,166. The ABS defines a severely overcrowded home as needing four or more extra bedrooms to house the occupants of the dwelling. view details
