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The Albanese government came to office promising action on housing. Its A$10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund is now stuck in the Senate, with the Greens demanding more ambitious funding and reforms. The government is also working on its promised National Housing and Homelessness Plan. Goals, scope and institutions the strategy needs to succeed are outlined in this article in The Conversation, and feature recent AHURI research.

Australia needs a genuine national housing strategy to make adequate housing available for everyone in the country, researchers have argued. This article in ABC News features new AHURI research, which has found that a national strategy is needed to overcome decades of accumulated policy errors that have contributed to our current housing crisis.

The Federal Government has made a concession as it pushes to get its housing legislation passed through the Senate. It's locked in a guaranteed $500m annual housing spend, but the Greens say it's not enough, and are still pushing for a national rent freeze. AHURI's Dr Michael Fotheringham and Sydney University's Professor Nicole Gurran recently spoke to ABC News about whether that could work as a solution.

This article in The Fifth Estate features AHURI research, which found that thousands of urban Australians have chosen to decamp to regional cities and towns since Covid-19, and without proper planning, housing affordability will simply transfer from larger cities to smaller towns.