A comprehensive review of Indigenous housing data in Australia, identifying what information exists, where it is held, and where critical gaps remain. By assessing national and jurisdictional datasets on Indigenous households, housing providers and the workforce, the report evaluates data quality, coverage and cultural relevance. The report provides recommendations to improve data collection, access and...

This research investigates different ways to predict local population growth and change. It looks at what drives people to move between urban and regional Australia and what this migration means for planning infrastructure and housing to support population growth and change.

Three out of five Australian renters say they expect they will never own their own home — a significant shift that requires rethinking of tax and housing systems so that governments’ support all Australians in a two tier housing market (of owners and renters) into retirement. The policy challenge is to make renting a good...

This research investigates what is needed to lift the quality of Australian housing to align with international standards so as to address problems associated with aged and ill-performing housing stock in both the owned and rented sectors. It concludes that a national strategy to improve residential building quality should be developed and include regulatory mechanisms.

This research examines housing trends and the processes of delivering affordable housing supply in rural and regional Australia. A clear research finding is the need for government action to ‘unfreeze’ rural and regional housing markets, making substantial investments and interventions in regional housing markets and developing stronger supply chains for rural and regional housing.