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4th September 2024
Australians deserve better than low quality, inefficient housing
… of houses having an energy rating of three stars or lower and around 70 per cent of households reporting building … Australia. While energy efficiency standards for newly built and substantially renovated homes started in 2003, 82 … Australia. While energy efficiency standards for newly built and substantially renovated homes started in 2003, 82 …
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10th May 2024
Connections made toward circular economy housing future
… social housing sector, keen to grapple with how circular and lower embodied carbon approaches could be incorporated in … decade. Speakers included leaders in circular economy and built environment policy, as well as industry advisors, and leaders …
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26th March 2024
What is a circular economy for housing, and what will help Australia achieve it?
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13th October 2023
Australian Housing Sector gathers to find A Way Forward
… around 1300 leaders from across the Australian housing and homelessness sectors to examine and plot A Way Forward … concurrently. NSW Rental Commissioner Trina Jones later built on this theme, urging Australia to ‘allow 1000 flowers … people living with disabilities and others); planning, design and environmental considerations; financing and …
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8th June 2023
Consumer demand for sustainable apartments not being met
… including owner occupiers, ‘Build-to-rent’ investors and social housing providers, new AHURI research has … The research clearly reveals that the apartment buildings built for the prevalent speculative development sector, … identified several key changes that are needed in how the design, construction and adaptation of apartments occurs to …
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19th October 2022
Reducing the energy costs of rental housing
… costs of rental housing With energy costs for home heating and cooling likely to be high for some time, particularly … lung cancers and asthma attacks , particularly in built up areas with high concentrations of homes that rely on … guidelines issued by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment permit ‘ slow combustion wood burning heaters …
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31st July 2023
Understanding the housing policy levers of Commonwealth, state and territory, and local government
… the housing policy levers of Commonwealth, state and territory, and local government Overview The Commonwealth … the legal technical provisions for the construction and design of structures throughout Australia. The Nationwide … make payments so that affordable housing projects can be built elsewhere. Stamp duty and Land Tax State/territory …
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7th March 2019
Are greyfield suburbs the key to housing our growing population?
… of accommodating this growing population is by rebuilding and regenerating ‘greyfield’ suburbs. These middle suburbs of … owned and occupied residential building stock, usually built between the late 1940s and the 1970s, that is failing … development ‘requires a risk averse approach and therefore design innovation is infrequent; familiarity and lowered …
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