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Will Help to Buy give first home buyers a leg up? Here’s what we can learn from the UK

New national figures have reiterated what most already know: buying a home in Australia is more unaffordable than ever.

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Expensive and in bad shape: how housing precarity makes life hard for older Australians

Australia’s ageing population is colliding with a housing system under strain. More older Australians are facing multiple, often overlapping forms of housing precarity, including homes that cost too much or fall short on basic standards – or both.

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Young people are saving on rent by staying at home longer, but ‘you pay with your mental health’

In the face of Australia’s housing crisis and current cost-of-living pressures, young people today continue to miss out on housing opportunities earlier generations could largely grasp.

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Managing mould, housemates, and landlords: new research reveals sharehousing horror stories

Sharehousing has traditionally been a rite of passage for many young people and students in Australia, but is also increasingly common among all age groups.

The Conversation

Insurers have detailed data on your home’s flood risk. So, why don’t you?

Buying a house is one of the most high-stakes decisions many people will make in their lives. Yet many households are investing millions without an adequate understanding of a property’s exposure to growing climate risks.

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Housing can be good for productivity. Here are 5 ways we can build it better

Most Australians invest much of their income into housing, making employment, education and retirement decisions based on the location, timing and strength of their housing investment.

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Is regulation really to blame for the housing affordability crisis?

The Albanese government has a new mantra to describe the housing crisis, which is showing no signs of abating: homes have simply become “too hard to build” in Australia.

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Half of Australian landlords sell their investments after 2 years, adding to renters’ insecurity

Australia’s renters have to battle rising rents and a lack of available properties. They also face ongoing instability. Our new research suggests half of all landlords sell their investment properties after only two years, adding to renters’ insecurity.

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Yes, Australia needs new homes – but they must be built to withstand disasters in a warmer world

Australia’s housing crisis has created a push for fast-tracked construction. Federal, state and territory governments have set a target of 1.2 million new homes over five years.

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More than half of Australia’s homes were built before fire standards came in. Here are 5 ways to retrofit them

Houses and fire do not mix. The firestorm which hit Los Angeles in January destroyed nearly 2,000 buildings and forced 130,000 people to evacuate.

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‘It’s never going to happen’: three in five Australian renters expect to never own a home as steep rents hit

Nation of homeowners is about ‘to flip’ to having more people renting, which presents policy challenges, researchers say

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No savings? No plans? No Great Australian Dream. How housing is reshaping young people’s lives

Australia’s housing crisis is dramatically reshaping the lives and hopes of young people, highlighted in a new report launched today in Canberra as part of World Homeless Day.

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How to get the housing we need: healthy, affordable and resilient to climate change

Imagine coming home after a long day at work. It is winter. You step inside your home. It is warm, quiet and dry.

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Sharehousing can be fun, but fraught with risk – and the law offers little protection. These 3 changes could help

Anyone who’s lived in a sharehouse knows it only takes one person to send the household off the rails. Everyone’s life is affected when one housemate leaves out food, plays loud music all night or routinely uses all the hot water. Sharing a home with someone means you’re intimately impacted…

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A new bill is proposing a human right to housing. How would this work?

There’s a new bill before federal parliament calling for housing to be considered a fundamental human right.

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Victoria is raising minimum rental standards – it’s good news for tenants and the environment

Following the lead of countries like New Zealand and the United Kingdom, Australian states and territories are moving slowly towards improving the basic quality and performance of rental housing.

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Turning the housing crisis around: how a circular economy can give us affordable, sustainable homes

Households across Australia are struggling with soaring energy and housing costs and a lack of housing options. Mixed with a climate crisis, economic volatility and social inequality, it’s a potent set of policy problems. Australia needs a circuit-breaker – a bold national project to tackle the climate crisis and support…

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To deliver enough affordable housing and end homelessness, what must a national strategy do?

The Albanese government came to office promising action on housing. Its A$10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund is now stuck in the Senate, with the Greens demanding more ambitious funding and reforms. The government is also working on its promised National Housing and Homelessness Plan.

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Feeling frozen? 4 out of 5 homes in southern Australia are colder than is healthy

Every winter we hear about soaring energy bills and people’s inability to stay warm. But, until now, we haven’t really known just how cold Australian homes are. Our newly published research suggests around four out of five of Australian homes fail to meet World Health Organization minimum standards for warmth.

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Renters relying on hacks to dodge housing crisis, as advocates call for cultural change

Experts say a major cultural and legal shift is needed to fix the ongoing housing crisis in big cities like Sydney, as renters turn to short-term "hacks".

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‘Everyone around you is stuck’: First-home buyers suffer as financial hurdles pile up

For first-home buyers trying to save for a deposit has become "financially unfeasible" without help from family members, AHURI says.

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This summer it reached 39 degrees inside Charles's rental home

There's nothing illegal about the conditions Charles Pratt is living in. In most Australian states and territories, landlords do not need to provide heating or cooling.

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Do tenancy reforms to protect renters cause landlords to exit the market? No, but maybe they should

More Australians are renting their housing longer than in the past. But they have relatively little legal security against rent increases and evictions compared to tenants in other countries. When state governments suggest stronger protections for tenants, landlords and real estate agents claim it will cause disinvestment from the sector,…

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Giving ex-prisoners public housing cuts crime and re-incarceration – and saves money

“Going home” is a classic metaphor for exiting prison. But most people exiting prison in Australia either expect to be homeless, or don’t know where they will be staying when released.

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