Housing Policy in Australia A Case for System Reform
This collection provides a comprehensive grounding in contemporary policy settings across all sectors of the Australian public policy housing system and investigates the many dimensions of housing affordability and government actions that affect this
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A Case for System Reform
Hal Pawson · Vivienne Milligan Judith Yates
Housing Policy in Australia “Australia has avoided a recession in its economic system for nigh on 30 years. Good management our political leaders claim. But Australia’s housing system has failed throughout this time: homelessness has risen; insecure and unaffordable rental are common-place; the over-valuing of homeownership has escalated; and a massive shortage of social and affordable housing has been allowed to develop. How is such neglect or mismanagement of Australians’ housing dreams possible? This book explains why and what to do about it. Pawson, Milligan and Yates carefully document compelling evidence on these issues to provide a contemporary and robust analysis of the when, where, how and why of housing problems in Australia. Moreover, the authors provide the policy solutions and actions to be taken by Federal, State and local governments, as well as the development, finance and property management industries. Pawson, Milligan and Yates are Australia’s foremost housing analysts. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest or a care in reforming Australia’s housing system to be once again fit for all Australians.” —Ian Winter, Housing consultant, and Director, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute 2000–17 “Housing policy and housing systems are rapidly changing and profoundly reshaping access to affordable and high quality housing across all Australia’s cities and regions. Housing Policy in Australia superbly harnesses international evidence and more than two decades of experience to not only analyse but also provide potential solutions to the current housing policy impasse. The book’s comprehensive canvassing of housing system diversity—tenures, social differentiation, historical trends—will become necessary reading for housing practitioners and students. The ambitious reform agenda proposed by the book deserves to be carefully digested and implemented by professionals working across the housing sector.” —Robyn Dowling, Professor of Planning and Dean of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
“Despite 27 years of uninterrupted economic growth, Australia confronts a crisis of structurally-embedded housing unaffordability and insecurity across all tenure types. Debt-fuelled speculative investment has driven high rates of after-housing poverty and declining access to home ownership, particularly for young Australians. The nation’s growing ranks of renters, most seriously those on low and moderate incomes, are trapped in a cycle of housing stress, at increasing risk of homelessness. In this important book, three leading Australian scholars combine their respective and collective research and deep, industry-engaged policy expertise to explain how and why the bipartisan post-war commitment to secure, affordable housing as a fundamental platform for social and economic participation, has collapsed. They present a searing indictment of the very real and profound consequences of three lost decades o
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