Home Research Understanding and addressing community opposition to affordable housing development Back to search Share Report Governance and planning Social and affordable housing Housing in urban policy Understanding and addressing community opposition to affordable housing development Final Report No. 211 Date Published: 23 Sep 2013 Authors: Gethin Davison Crystal Legacy Edgar Liu Hoon Han Peter Phibbs Ryan van den Nouwelant Michael Darcy Awais Piracha This report investigates the causal roots of local opposition to affordable housing projects in Australia. It shows that planning concerns can mask prejudice against low-income residents. However community opposition can be exacerbated by dismissive attitudes by government. Full Publication Research and Policy Bulletin Published by: Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited ISSN: 1834-7223 ISBN: 978-1-922075-38-3 Citation: Davison, G., Legacy, C., Liu, E., Han, H., Phibbs, P., Nouwelant, R., Darcy, M., and Piracha, A. (2013) Understanding and addressing community opposition to affordable housing development, AHURI Final Report No. 211, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/211. RIS CITATION Davison, Gethin Legacy, Crystal Liu, Edgar Han, Hoon Phibbs, Peter van den Nouwelant, Ryan Darcy, Michael Piracha, Awais