Research in progress
Explore our current research projects underway, examining a range of contemporary housing and urban policy questions. Current research priorities are determined in consultation with state/territory and federal government officials, industry and non-government experts.
Insights into short stays: history, statistics and landlord perspectives
Short stay rental accommodation (STRA) impacts housing affordability, rental availability and amenity, particularly in capital cities and popular tourist regions. This project will examine how STRA has changed over time.
Measuring housing affordability: scoping the real costs of housing
Housing affordability is largely understood as the relationship between direct housing costs (mortgage and rent payments) and household income. It is tied to the principle that households should have access to an adequate standard of housing without the cost burden impacting on household wellbeing.
Modelling landlord behaviour and its impact on rental affordability: insights across two decades
The project will provide a much-needed and timely update to previous AHURI research that modelled factors shaping residential landlord behaviour between the period of 2001-2006. Since then, the housing market has been subject to landscape-changing shocks – in particular the global financial crisis (2008-2009) and the global C
Nothing about us, without us: Lived experience participation in housing and homelessness
This project aims to investigate how lived experience participation can inform housing and homelessness policy and service design. The involvement of people with lived experience (PWLE) is gaining traction in areas like mental health, disability, alcohol and other drugs and healthcare. While there is interest in, and some exploration of, lived experience perspectives emerging in housing and homelessness, the field remains relatively unexplored and more importantly, policy and practice frameworks are yet to be developed and tested.
Planning for a two tenure Australia
Australia is shifting to a two-tenure housing system where more people rent. This project will help governments and stakeholders to manage this shift – mapping the current and future tenure landscape, understanding rapidly changing preferences, providing a policy guide, and estimating costs and benefits of action and inaction.