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Debbie Faulkner
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Temporary visa holders and housing: findings from an Investigative Panel
This research explores the impact of Australia’s housing crisis on temporary migrants. It examines how housing challenges affect temporary migrants’ wellbeing, their ability to contribute economically and the distinct housing issues they face. Despite more than 10% of Australian residents being on temporary visas, the impact of the housing crisis on this group receives little...
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Incentivising small-scale investors to supply affordable private rental housing
This research examines how governments can encourage small-scale private investors to provide affordable rental housing. It finds that landlords who follow the positively geared, long-term hold investment model are most likely to be part of affordable housing schemes. The research finds unaimous support among landlords and lays out the advantages for them.
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Mapping Australia’s older, low-income renters
This research provides a geographic and demographic picture of low-income renters in Australia aged 50+ as the basis to finding acceptable solutions to the challenges of population ageing and housing needs in the 21st Century.
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Inquiry into housing policies and practices for precariously housed older Australians
The authors of this report assert that a lack of policy reform and action in Australia has resulted in increasing numbers of older people facing their later years living in precarious housing situations.
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Housing aspirations of precariously housed older Australians
This research investigates lower income older households’ preferences for a range of alternative housing models and examines which of these would best meet their needs, as well as identifying ways to support households deciding their housing options.