Tag: Housing supply
City planners love infill development. So why are cities struggling with it, and how can they do better?
Infill development is patchy across Australian cities, as is its quality. Bigger and better projects are needed to hit planning targets and reduce urban sprawl.
Housing and the Albanese government: a mid-term report card
The government has made housing a federal policy priority after a decade of neglect. But the scale of the housing crisis means its actions to date are just a start – much more must be done.
Will taxing short stays boost long-term rental supply? Other policies would achieve more
Other states may well follow Victoria’s lead, but the 7.5% levy is likely to have a very modest impact on rental housing supply. There’s much more governments could do.
Planning laws protect people. A poorly regulated rush to boost housing supply will cost us all
Bypassing planning regulations is likely to have impacts on social inequity and wellbeing that could prove very costly for both governments and people.
Think curbing overseas migration will end the housing crisis? It won't – and we can't afford to do it
COVID-19 halted immigration and housing affordability got much worse. We’d feel the impacts of internal migration and undersupply of affordable housing even if we again blocked migrants from overseas.
The rental housing crisis is hurting our most vulnerable and demands a range of solutions (but capping rents isn't one of them)
The people with the worst health often live in rental homes likely to make them sicker, and poor policy could make it worse.
