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An AHURI research survey found that the vast majority (over 90%) of older Australian across the country are in dwellings that meet their current housing needs, and that 70 per cent reported their current housing meets their longer-term housing aspirations. Just what sort of dwelling and location make up the 'ideal home' for older Australians?

The release of the ABS Housing Occupancy and Costs data for 2017–18 reveals that, while the total number of households in Australia grew by 14.8 per cent in the decade 2007–08 to 2017–18, the total number of lower income households renting in the private rental sector (PRS) increased by 25 per cent (to 1,484,257 households).

Infrastructure Australia has released the Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019, which, for the first time, has expanded to cover the challenges and opportunities in providing Australia’s social infrastructure. As part of this new development, the Audit includes a necessary focus on social housing as an important part of social infrastructure.

A University of NSW Human Rights Clinic report 'No Place Like Home'  found international students are vulnerable to exploitation in Australia’s tight housing market, including paying excessive bonds and high charges for basic utilities, and subject to overcrowding or unsafe conditions. AHURI research has looked at student housing in the context of a Build-to-rent student apartment sector, owned and operated by for-profit Large Corporate Landlords (LCLs).

The number of South Australian households currently renting in the private market and facing high housing costs is predicted to grow by between 6 and 7.5 per cent over the next five years, rising to approximately 60,000 households by 2014, according to a new report commissioned by the South Australian Housing Authority and completed by AHURI’s Professional Services team and its university partner, the University of Adelaide.