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news 19th September 2024 in news
news 19th September 2024 in news

Current housing affordability measures don’t reflect real housing costs

Most of the trade-offs lower-income households make to afford their housing costs are not accounted for in the housing affordability measurements used by policy makers, according to new AHURI research. As a result housing can appear affordable even though it is of such poor quality it affects people’s health or it is located far from employment opportunities so that householders have very high commuting costs.

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In the Media 6th September 2024 in In the Media
In the Media 6th September 2024 in In the Media

Building homes with reused materials to reduce construction waste

This article from ABC News explores the consideration of circular economy principles in the Australian residential housing industry and refers to AHURI Inquiry ' Informing a strategy for circular economy housing in Australia'.

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