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      • No single sector can supply Australia's needed social and affordable housing, increasingly it needs to be financed, developed and managed by partnerships of government, community-based and market providers, according to new research led by Sydney's School of Architecture, Design and Planning.
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      Stimulating private sector development of affordable housing

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  3. www.sydney.edu.au › news-opinion › newsWhy building more won’t make houses affordable - The ...

    • YIMBY Versus Nimby
    • Overcoming Regulatory Barriers
    • Is Regulation The Barrier?
    • Does More Housing Development Fix Affordability?
    • Boosting Housing Supply and Addressing Affordability
    • The Solutions

    Historically, land use zones and restrictive development controls have operated as barriers to new and more diverse housing development. Dubbed ‘exclusionary zoning’, in many parts of the United States, for instance, restrictive ‘single family’ zones continue to prevent multi-unit dwellings and apartments. Often local communities oppose changes to ...

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    These approaches are used in many parts of the world. For instance, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, local governments have long been to ‘upzone’ to accommodate higher density housing in response to state mandated targets. Uncooperative councils are able to be overruled by the statewhich also dictates the nature and extent of development...

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    However, land use regulation may not be the primary barrier preventing new housing development. Regulatory barriers are unlikely to explain a shortfall of new housing supply if there are high numbers of residential development applications and approvals coming through the planning process, but fewer homes being commenced or completed. Instead, mark...

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    YIMBYS argue that even high end housing construction would improve affordability across the market. This is because higher income earners will move into better quality accommodation, releasing other units to filter down the market. However, the evidence to support this filtering is mixed. Although research in some countries has shown that new renta...

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    Government money is needed to support housing that is affordable and appropriate for very low income earners. The minimum cost of delivering housing, comprising physical construction costs, land and the profit required for taking on the risk, means that appropriate accommodation for low income earners is unable to be delivered by the market. Govern...

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    The solutions to housing affordability problems are multi-pronged, and should be tailored to local conditions. Governments could direct subsidies towards affordable supply outcomes rather than simply support property investment and regulate rental providers to ensure tenants are protected from unfair evictions, rent rises, and substandard accommoda...

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  5. www.abc.net.au › news › 2024/01/28Experts have said for years we need more social and ...

    Jan 27, 2024 · For years there's been one solution most experts have raised over and over again: building more social and affordable housing. But it doesn't seem to have happened yet. At the end of 2023, there ...

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  6. www.ahuri.edu.au › research › final-reportsPrivate sector involvement in social and affordable housing

    Oct 13, 2022 · This research investigates models for engaging private sector investors and developers in financing or delivering social and affordable housing, across different market segments and tenures in Australia and internationally.

  7. www.aihw.gov.au › reports › housing-assistanceHousing assistance in Australia 2024, Housing policy framework

    Jul 12, 2024 · The National Housing and Homelessness Agreement (NHHA) contributes to improving access to affordable, safe, and sustainable housing across the housing spectrum, including to prevent and address homelessness, and to support social and economic participation.

  8. www.housingaustralia.gov.au › media › housingHousing Australia loans fund an additional 2,400 social and ...

    5 days ago · Housing Australia approved almost $880 million in Affordable Housing Bond Aggregator (ABHA) loans last financial year to increase the supply of social and affordable housing across the nation, according to the Social Bond Report 2023-24.

  9. archive.budget.gov.au › factsheet_housingImproving Housing Supply and Affordability - Budget

    The Australian Government’s ambitious housing agenda affirms its commitment to improve housing outcomes for all Australians, including to increase the supply of social and affordable housing and support people into home ownership.