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No. 144: Dwelling, land and neighbourhood use by older home owners

This research responds to a research question in the Housing and Ageing research area of the 2007 AHURI Research Agenda which asks the following questions: ‘What are the types, sizes and locations of dwellings occupied by older home owners? How do these patterns vary for different household sizes? What incentives or disincentives could encourage or discourage the efficient use of dwellings and land occupied by older home owners?’

No. 143: Indigenous homelessness

This research is to undertake a comparative analysis of Indigenous homelessness in the contrasting settings of major cities and regional country town centres. The research sought to compare the understandings of Indigenous homelessness held by Indigenous homeless people, and those of the providers of services to Indigenous homeless people. It offers an analysis of the relationship between homelessness, household overcrowding and mobility patterns in the context of Indigenous culture.

No. 142: Factors shaping the decision to become a landlord and retain rental investments

The supply of private rental housing has become more prominent in the debates around affordable housing as house prices have increasingly gotten out of the reach of prospective home owners, and rents have spiralled in rental housing. There is a concern that private rental markets are failing on the supply side due to principal-agent problems, taxation measures and regulations. In this project, we explore the role of different variables in shaping the supply decisions of private rental investors. This exploration will shed insights on how policy initiatives such as tax measures will impact on the economic costs of landlords, and how this will in turn affect their propensity to hold onto property investments.

No. 141: Service integrated housing for Australians in later life

The aim of the study is to analyse the diversity and types of service integrated housing that have been developed in Australia, and to consider the policy and research implications. It includes examination of the implications of international experience with service integrated housing for Australia.

No. 140: Counting the costs: planning requirements, infrastructure contributions, and residential development in Australia

This study represents a first step in establishing a qualitative understanding of the ways in which planning regulation has impacted on housing developments across 15 local jurisdictions in three Australian states. The findings confirm that planning system complexity and ambiguity is associated with significant costs for housing development in Australia.

No. 139: Indigenous home ownership on communal title lands

This study investigates the applicability of home ownership to Indigenous people living on communal title lands. The research examines the capacity for Indigenous people to enter this tenure, and whether there is an aspiration to do so. A central theme is also the meaning of 'home ownership' to Indigenous people living on communal title lands, and the constructs of home ownership with which Indigenous people identify. Whether there is any contrast between the meanings, experiences and expectations of those living on communal title land and those on non-communal title land, in public rental, or private rental, was also a key theme.

No. 138: Sustaining at-risk Indigenous tenancies: a review of Australian policy responses

The key objective of the study is to outline and evaluate the operation and effectiveness of tenant support programs and other tenancy support measures in assisting at-risk Indigenous tenants. This report describes and reviews all known mainstream and Indigenous-specific specialist tenant support programs operating around Australia. The review describes how these programs operate; the representation of Indigenous people in such programs, the services provided to clients and, where the data permit, the effectiveness of specialist tenant support programs in improving Indigenous housing outcomes. Our study also explores how tenant support program administrators interface with relevant agencies delivering support services to Indigenous tenants and assesses the role played by tenant support providers, community sector agencies in the main, in sustaining Indigenous tenancies.

No. 137: Innovative financing for homeownership: the potential for shared equity initiatives in Australia

This project aims to provide a comprehensive appraisal of the appropriateness and potential for shared equity approaches to assist Australian lower and moderate income households into affordable and sustainable home ownership.

No. 136: Submarkets in public sector housing: an abstract concept or a decision-making tool?

This report is designed to evaluate the concept of ‘housing submarkets’ in terms of its relevance for social housing analysis and to assess its usefulness in informing management and administrative practices in the social housing sector. The submarket concept has not been employed in social housing analysis, given that ‘markets’ are typically seen as locations of exchange through consumer and producer responses to price signals. By contrast, in social housing, client and organisational decision-making revolves around administrative fiat. Nevertheless the private market public administration boundary may not be as sharp as this implies. It may be possible to extend the principle of submarkets to social housing.

No. 135: Housing market dynamics in resource boom towns

Resource boom towns in the Pilbara and Goldfield regions of Western Australia and the Bowen Basin region of Queensland have experienced recurring housing shortages and crises. The housing situation has had a negative impact upon these communities in a variety of ways, and in the case of Karratha in particular, constitutes a community crisis. This study demonstrates the important linkages between housing and the resources industry. It discusses the key issues evidenced by case studies of four resource boom towns; two in Western Australia and two in Queensland. These case studies provide a detailed picture of the wide range of issues faced by these towns and the social, economic and structural consequences of the resources boom.