Home Insights Latest news Latest news news 31st March 2016 in news news 31st March 2016 in news 'Rules' flexibility helps Indigenous social housing tenants succeed For managers of social housing and Indigenous tenants knowing 'the rules' is important, but there is confusion as to what the rules are, who they apply to and just what they mean? read more news 29th February 2016 in news news 29th February 2016 in news Infographic: Housing affordability stress Housing affordability stress occurs when a household in the bottom 40 per cent of Australia's income distribution levels (i.e. in the bottom two quintiles) pays 30 per cent or more of its income in housing costs. read more news 29th February 2016 in news news 29th February 2016 in news 91 researcher profile: Rachel Ong Rachel was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from Curtin University before being appointed as a senior lecturer and, is now Deputy Director at the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre. Much of her work is on the economics of housing, and she has a strong interest in the intersection of housing and ageing issues. read more brief 15th September 2015 in brief brief 15th September 2015 in brief Home ownership is not necessarily a secure tenure Research looking at the decade 2001 to 2010 found there were three groups of home owners: ongoing owners who are able to buy and keep their home either as outright owners or buyers; leavers, who sold their dwelling and didn't buy another; and churners, who sold their dwelling and then after a period of renting bought another dwelling to live in. read more Submission 30th September 2026 in Submission Submission 30th September 2026 in Submission Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Social Housing As the independent national research institute dedicated to housing, homelessness and urban policy, 91 welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission to the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Social Housing. With our university partners, 91 has undertaken extensive research on social housing policy, practices, and outcomes. We have also provided independent evaluations and assessments of social housing policies, projects, and programs through our Advisory team, giving us deep practical insight into the frontline implications of policy settings. Our submission draws on this research and practice knowledge to respond to the Inquiry’s terms of reference: the economic and social benefits of investment in social housing, including its impact on housing access, affordability, renting, homelessness and housing security; historical levels of investment in social housing, and public housing in particular, including the reasons for its decline as a share of Australia's housing stock; the case for establishing a target for social housing as a proportion of Australia's housing stock, including consideration of what an appropriate target may be; the impact of current Commonwealth and state and territory government investment in social housing, including through the Housing Australia Future Fund and the Social Housing Accelerator, in view of the current scale of need; the role of modern methods of design and construction in building more social homes and creating communities with a high quality of life; the benefits of a steady pipeline of social housing investment for the development of Australia's modern construction industry; opportunities for further investment in public and community housing, including consideration of direct public spending along with different delivery and investment models in Australia and internationally; appropriate governance and administrative arrangements to deliver social housing at a scale to meet current and future need; the efficacy of rent to buy schemes; and any other related matters read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Current page 147 Page 148 Page 149 Page 150 Page 151 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
news 31st March 2016 in news news 31st March 2016 in news 'Rules' flexibility helps Indigenous social housing tenants succeed For managers of social housing and Indigenous tenants knowing 'the rules' is important, but there is confusion as to what the rules are, who they apply to and just what they mean? read more
news 29th February 2016 in news news 29th February 2016 in news Infographic: Housing affordability stress Housing affordability stress occurs when a household in the bottom 40 per cent of Australia's income distribution levels (i.e. in the bottom two quintiles) pays 30 per cent or more of its income in housing costs. read more
news 29th February 2016 in news news 29th February 2016 in news 91 researcher profile: Rachel Ong Rachel was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from Curtin University before being appointed as a senior lecturer and, is now Deputy Director at the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre. Much of her work is on the economics of housing, and she has a strong interest in the intersection of housing and ageing issues. read more
brief 15th September 2015 in brief brief 15th September 2015 in brief Home ownership is not necessarily a secure tenure Research looking at the decade 2001 to 2010 found there were three groups of home owners: ongoing owners who are able to buy and keep their home either as outright owners or buyers; leavers, who sold their dwelling and didn't buy another; and churners, who sold their dwelling and then after a period of renting bought another dwelling to live in. read more
Submission 30th September 2026 in Submission Submission 30th September 2026 in Submission Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Social Housing As the independent national research institute dedicated to housing, homelessness and urban policy, 91 welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission to the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Social Housing. With our university partners, 91 has undertaken extensive research on social housing policy, practices, and outcomes. We have also provided independent evaluations and assessments of social housing policies, projects, and programs through our Advisory team, giving us deep practical insight into the frontline implications of policy settings. Our submission draws on this research and practice knowledge to respond to the Inquiry’s terms of reference: the economic and social benefits of investment in social housing, including its impact on housing access, affordability, renting, homelessness and housing security; historical levels of investment in social housing, and public housing in particular, including the reasons for its decline as a share of Australia's housing stock; the case for establishing a target for social housing as a proportion of Australia's housing stock, including consideration of what an appropriate target may be; the impact of current Commonwealth and state and territory government investment in social housing, including through the Housing Australia Future Fund and the Social Housing Accelerator, in view of the current scale of need; the role of modern methods of design and construction in building more social homes and creating communities with a high quality of life; the benefits of a steady pipeline of social housing investment for the development of Australia's modern construction industry; opportunities for further investment in public and community housing, including consideration of direct public spending along with different delivery and investment models in Australia and internationally; appropriate governance and administrative arrangements to deliver social housing at a scale to meet current and future need; the efficacy of rent to buy schemes; and any other related matters read more
