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No. 126: Planning reform, land release and the supply of housing

This positioning paper is the first product of a research project which is investigating the links between planning policies and housing outcomes. The project is an investigation into whether changes to land use planning policies and mechanisms impact on the types of housing supplied, particularly in new release areas. It examines details of both planning policy and housing supply in metropolitan Melbourne over a time period covering two significant policy regime shifts.

No. 125: The environmental sustainability of Australia’s private rental housing stock

This Positioning Paper is the first output of a research project examining the potential opportunities for and barriers to improving the environmental sustainability of Australia’s private rental stock. For existing private rental stock, this entails retrofitting existing dwellings to minimise energy and water consumption. For new dwellings and development, options include consideration of housing design, siting and density.

No. 124: Improving housing responses to Indigenous patterns of mobility

This Positioning Paper provides an overview of research on the relationship between housing services and Indigenous patterns of mobility, identifies the policy context within which this takes place, and examines current housing service responses to this. It addresses issues central to the planning and delivery of housing to Indigenous populations. Although the focus of the study is on remote and regional Australia, its findings also have implications for social housing in urban areas.

No. 123: Reverse mortgages and older people: growth factors and implications for retirement decisions

The project seeks to determine the factors influencing the take up of reverse mortgage products and services within the context of overall demand. This research project focuses on provision of a comprehensive appraisal of reverse mortgages as they pertain to ‘ageing in place’ and community care decision-making.

No. 122: Australia's private rental market: changes (2001-2006) in the supply of, and demand for, low rent dwellings

This Positioning Paper provides the empirical update from 2001 to 2006 on the need for, and supply of, low rent stock in the private rental market. It addresses the following questions: 1. Within the private rental sector, what has happened to household incomes and rents during this period? 2. To what extent do shortages exist for low-income private renters? 3. How are shortages spatially distributed across Australia's cities and regions?

No. 121: Environmental sustainability in residential housing: understanding attitudes and behaviour towards waste, water, and energy consumption and conservation among Australian households

The current paper addresses a number of key questions relating to the sustainability of Australian households. It explores: 1. What are household waste/water/energy attitudes and practices? 2. How waste/water/energy attitudes and practices have changed over time. 3. What factors have driven changes in household waste/water/energy attitudes and practices? 4. The relationship between householders’ waste/water/energy attitudes and practices and whether the relationship varies according to SES, household type, tenure or behavioural domain. 5. The most effective ways of shaping positive change in household waste/water/energy perceptions and behaviour and what are the costs and benefits of these approaches for stakeholders?

No. 120: The benefits and risks of home ownership: disaggregating the effects of household income

This Positioning Paper is the first report from a project which seeks to add to the research evidence base on the financial and non-financial outcomes of home ownership for households. The overall aim of the project is thus to investigate whether, and to what extent, the benefits and risks of home ownership are experienced differentially by Australian households with different levels of income, in particular by lower income households (bottom 40%) compared to households in the middle-higher income range (highest 60%) The study centres on households who are already home owners, including those who have outstanding loans secured against their property (purchasers) and those who have not (outright owners).

No. 119: Intergenerational homelessness and the intergenerational use of homelessness services

The key aim of the present study is to improve our understanding of intergenerational homelessness and the intergenerational use of homelessness services. It seeks to achieve this aim through examining the patterns and determinants of intergenerational homelessness and homelessness service-use in Australia, and the role and impact of service delivery and policy interventions designed to avert or break the cycle of homelessness across generations.

No. 118: Towards best practice for public housing asset management

The paper’s primary aims are to: 1. identify and examine the current state and attributes of asset management practices applicable to social housing in Australia; 2. discuss the key asset management issues and questions arising from international experience with social housing asset management; 3. identify the set of characteristics associated with best practice applied to social housing asset management in Australia; and 4. review the literature and policy debates as they relate to the topics that emerge from each of the above objectives.

No. 117: Improving housing outcomes for young people leaving state out of home care

Responding to the lack of information in Australia on the effectiveness of leaving care programs generally, and the role of housing in leaving care programs more specifically, this project aims to inform policy and service practice to promote positive and sustainable housing outcomes for young people ageing out of the state out-of-home care system. The project is driven by the research question: Which support model(s) most effectively facilitate positive housing outcomes for young people leaving care?