Home Insights Latest news Latest news news 29th February 2016 in news news 29th February 2016 in news Infographic: Housing affordability stress Housing affordability stress occurs when a household in the bottom 40 per cent of Australia's income distribution levels (i.e. in the bottom two quintiles) pays 30 per cent or more of its income in housing costs. view details news 29th February 2016 in news news 29th February 2016 in news AHURI researcher profile: Rachel Ong Rachel was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from Curtin University before being appointed as a senior lecturer and, is now Deputy Director at the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre. Much of her work is on the economics of housing, and she has a strong interest in the intersection of housing and ageing issues. view details brief 15th September 2015 in brief brief 15th September 2015 in brief Home ownership is not necessarily a secure tenure Research looking at the decade 2001 to 2010 found there were three groups of home owners: ongoing owners who are able to buy and keep their home either as outright owners or buyers; leavers, who sold their dwelling and didn't buy another; and churners, who sold their dwelling and then after a period of renting bought another dwelling to live in. view details Submission 31st August 2023 in Submission Submission 31st August 2023 in Submission Senate Inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia AHURI welcomes this opportunity to provide a submission to the Senate Inquiry into “the worsening rental crisis in Australia.” As a national, independent research institute, AHURI’s mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice change to improve the housing and urban environments of all Australians. Australia’s rental markets have been experiencing increasing strain, as the result of a complex set of drivers. These drivers include persistently low rental vacancy rates, insufficient supply relative to population movement and growth, depletion of rental supply through conversion of stock to short term rental (tourist) accommodation, declining home ownership and residualised social housing supply. This submission provides a response to the terms of reference of the Inquiry, referencing mainly AHURI research and policy consultation. It is structured according to the Inquiry Terms of Reference which relate to the “worsening rental crisis in Australia,” with particular reference to: the experience of renters and people seeking rental housing rising rents and rental affordability actions that can be taken by governments to reduce rents or limit rent rises improvements to renters’ rights, including rent stabilisation, length of leases and no grounds evictions factors impacting supply and demand of affordable rentals international experience of policies that effectively support renters the impact of government programs on the rental sector, and other related matters. view details Submission 1st October 2022 in Submission Submission 1st October 2022 in Submission Submission on Tasmanian Housing Strategy AHURI welcomes this opportunity to comment on the Tasmanian Housing Strategy discussion paper. This submission responds to the questions posed in the discussion paper, and points to relevant AHURI research that is relevant to the strategy. The submission rightly canvases a range of key housing issues facing Tasmania, from rapid population growth, high rates of low income households, dispersed social housing across regional areas, an older and ageing population and increasing population living with disabilities. Issues of particular relevance for Tasmania that could be better covered include: The regional dimension of the ageing of population, including towns in the northern part of Tasmania and how this is managed (for relevant AHURI research see Li et al. 2022). The permanence or otherwise of migration to regional locations due to COVID related factors (Baker and Daniels 2020), and the recovery of housing markets following COVID (Verdouw et al. 2021). The role of tourism in the Tasmanian economy and the rise of the short-term rental market, which has reduced the availability of private rental housing for longer term tenants (Phibbs and Ely 2022). Trends in homelessness in Tasmania, which have increased from 2006 to 2016, centring particularly on Hobart and north-eastern Tasmania (Parkinson et al. 2019). view details Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Current page 146 Page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Page 150 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
news 29th February 2016 in news news 29th February 2016 in news Infographic: Housing affordability stress Housing affordability stress occurs when a household in the bottom 40 per cent of Australia's income distribution levels (i.e. in the bottom two quintiles) pays 30 per cent or more of its income in housing costs. view details
news 29th February 2016 in news news 29th February 2016 in news AHURI researcher profile: Rachel Ong Rachel was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from Curtin University before being appointed as a senior lecturer and, is now Deputy Director at the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre. Much of her work is on the economics of housing, and she has a strong interest in the intersection of housing and ageing issues. view details
brief 15th September 2015 in brief brief 15th September 2015 in brief Home ownership is not necessarily a secure tenure Research looking at the decade 2001 to 2010 found there were three groups of home owners: ongoing owners who are able to buy and keep their home either as outright owners or buyers; leavers, who sold their dwelling and didn't buy another; and churners, who sold their dwelling and then after a period of renting bought another dwelling to live in. view details
Submission 31st August 2023 in Submission Submission 31st August 2023 in Submission Senate Inquiry into the worsening rental crisis in Australia AHURI welcomes this opportunity to provide a submission to the Senate Inquiry into “the worsening rental crisis in Australia.” As a national, independent research institute, AHURI’s mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice change to improve the housing and urban environments of all Australians. Australia’s rental markets have been experiencing increasing strain, as the result of a complex set of drivers. These drivers include persistently low rental vacancy rates, insufficient supply relative to population movement and growth, depletion of rental supply through conversion of stock to short term rental (tourist) accommodation, declining home ownership and residualised social housing supply. This submission provides a response to the terms of reference of the Inquiry, referencing mainly AHURI research and policy consultation. It is structured according to the Inquiry Terms of Reference which relate to the “worsening rental crisis in Australia,” with particular reference to: the experience of renters and people seeking rental housing rising rents and rental affordability actions that can be taken by governments to reduce rents or limit rent rises improvements to renters’ rights, including rent stabilisation, length of leases and no grounds evictions factors impacting supply and demand of affordable rentals international experience of policies that effectively support renters the impact of government programs on the rental sector, and other related matters. view details
Submission 1st October 2022 in Submission Submission 1st October 2022 in Submission Submission on Tasmanian Housing Strategy AHURI welcomes this opportunity to comment on the Tasmanian Housing Strategy discussion paper. This submission responds to the questions posed in the discussion paper, and points to relevant AHURI research that is relevant to the strategy. The submission rightly canvases a range of key housing issues facing Tasmania, from rapid population growth, high rates of low income households, dispersed social housing across regional areas, an older and ageing population and increasing population living with disabilities. Issues of particular relevance for Tasmania that could be better covered include: The regional dimension of the ageing of population, including towns in the northern part of Tasmania and how this is managed (for relevant AHURI research see Li et al. 2022). The permanence or otherwise of migration to regional locations due to COVID related factors (Baker and Daniels 2020), and the recovery of housing markets following COVID (Verdouw et al. 2021). The role of tourism in the Tasmanian economy and the rise of the short-term rental market, which has reduced the availability of private rental housing for longer term tenants (Phibbs and Ely 2022). Trends in homelessness in Tasmania, which have increased from 2006 to 2016, centring particularly on Hobart and north-eastern Tasmania (Parkinson et al. 2019). view details
