Home Insights Latest news Latest news In the Media 21st June 2023 in In the Media In the Media 21st June 2023 in In the Media We are in a housing crisis, but is freezing rent the answer? The Greens want the states to implement a two-year rental freeze. After that period, rental increases would be capped at just 2 per cent every two years – an amount that would almost certainly be well below the annual inflation rate. This article in The Age features an interview with AHURI's Dr Michael Fotheringham, who argues that a plan to freeze rents and subsequently allow very limited increases would be problematic. read more news 20th June 2023 in news news 20th June 2023 in news AHURI Discussion Series revisits ‘The Stack’ in Sydney Following the success of the Private Sector involvement in social and affordable housing panel discussion and networking event in Melbourne earlier in June, our Sydney event on 15 June did not disappoint. read more In the Media 16th June 2023 in In the Media In the Media 16th June 2023 in In the Media Greens threaten to block Andrews’ housing reforms if demands not met Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam is following her federal counterparts into battle against Labor over housing after demanding that any reform to the state’s planning laws will require half of all new homes in developments to be public and affordable. This article in the Australian Financial Review also features an interview with AHURI's Dr Michael Fotheringham, who discusses some of the most effective ways to tackle housing affordability. read more In the Media 16th June 2023 in In the Media In the Media 16th June 2023 in In the Media Australia can’t afford sustainable housing to be a luxury This article in the Australian Financial Review draws on recent AHURI research, which investigated how Australia might build new apartments, and retrofit older ones so that they are more sustainable. Cost-cutting measures during the actual building processes relegate sustainability to a luxury, rather than a necessity that should benefit all of us. read more news 15th June 2023 in news news 15th June 2023 in news National housing and homelessness policy development needs a coordinated National Strategy A National Housing and Homelessness Strategy with a comprehensive mission to ensure everyone in Australia has adequate housing would help Australia address its housing challenges, new AHURI research has confirmed. The research, ‘Towards an Australian Housing and Homelessness Strategy’, undertaken for AHURI by researchers from UNSW Sydney and RMIT University, investigates the rationale for an Australian Housing and Homelessness Strategy and sets out options for achieving such a Strategy. read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Current page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
In the Media 21st June 2023 in In the Media In the Media 21st June 2023 in In the Media We are in a housing crisis, but is freezing rent the answer? The Greens want the states to implement a two-year rental freeze. After that period, rental increases would be capped at just 2 per cent every two years – an amount that would almost certainly be well below the annual inflation rate. This article in The Age features an interview with AHURI's Dr Michael Fotheringham, who argues that a plan to freeze rents and subsequently allow very limited increases would be problematic. read more
news 20th June 2023 in news news 20th June 2023 in news AHURI Discussion Series revisits ‘The Stack’ in Sydney Following the success of the Private Sector involvement in social and affordable housing panel discussion and networking event in Melbourne earlier in June, our Sydney event on 15 June did not disappoint. read more
In the Media 16th June 2023 in In the Media In the Media 16th June 2023 in In the Media Greens threaten to block Andrews’ housing reforms if demands not met Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam is following her federal counterparts into battle against Labor over housing after demanding that any reform to the state’s planning laws will require half of all new homes in developments to be public and affordable. This article in the Australian Financial Review also features an interview with AHURI's Dr Michael Fotheringham, who discusses some of the most effective ways to tackle housing affordability. read more
In the Media 16th June 2023 in In the Media In the Media 16th June 2023 in In the Media Australia can’t afford sustainable housing to be a luxury This article in the Australian Financial Review draws on recent AHURI research, which investigated how Australia might build new apartments, and retrofit older ones so that they are more sustainable. Cost-cutting measures during the actual building processes relegate sustainability to a luxury, rather than a necessity that should benefit all of us. read more
news 15th June 2023 in news news 15th June 2023 in news National housing and homelessness policy development needs a coordinated National Strategy A National Housing and Homelessness Strategy with a comprehensive mission to ensure everyone in Australia has adequate housing would help Australia address its housing challenges, new AHURI research has confirmed. The research, ‘Towards an Australian Housing and Homelessness Strategy’, undertaken for AHURI by researchers from UNSW Sydney and RMIT University, investigates the rationale for an Australian Housing and Homelessness Strategy and sets out options for achieving such a Strategy. read more
