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City Futures Housing
Delivering insights that shape housing policy and tackle affordability and supply
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Challenge
Housing affordability, supply and inequality are among Australia’ s most pressing urban issues. Policy responses are often fragmented, short-term and lack robust data to support long-term solutions, leaving governments, developers and communities without clear pathways forward.
Solution
The program provides rigorous research and analysis to inform housing policy across government, industry and community sectors. It examines drivers of affordability, pathways to social and affordable housing, and links to urban inequality.
Outputs include policy reports, spatial data analysis and national surveys, all designed to influence real-world housing outcomes.
Researchers also collaborate directly with decision-makers to co-design evidence-based interventions.
Target customers / end-users
• federal, state and local housing policymakers
• housing providers, developers and financiers
• advocacy groups and community housing organisations
Progress
• led Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute( AHURI) studies
• developed evidence base for NSW Housing Strategy and social housing reforms
• produced national data on rental affordability and housing inequality.
Research Centre
Innovative research translation
Housing & Connected Communities
City Futures Housing delivers nationally recognised research on housing markets, affordability and inequality. The program bridges academia, government and industry to provide evidence for policies that expand affordable housing, improve urban equity and address Australia’ s housing crisis. Its findings influence both national strategy and local delivery.
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