Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
AHURI has a public good mission to deliver high quality research that influences policy development to improve the housing and urban environments of all Australians. Through active engagement, our work informs the policies and practices of governments and the housing and urban development industries, and stimulates debate in the broader Australian community.
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AHURI focuses on research in Economics and modelling, Health, ageing and disability, Home ownership, Homelessness and housing, Housing affordability, Indigenous housing, Private rental, Public and community housing, Social wellbeing and Urban planning and development.
Projects
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“What works” to sustain Indigenous Tenancies in Australia
While previous research has primarily focused on what contributes to poor tenancy outcomes among Indigenous people, very little is known about what contributes to successful tenancies. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods, this research will explore what... Read article
Relationships between metropolitan, satellite and regional city size, spatial context and economic productivity
The project will provide an evidence base to support policy development options in relation to harnessing agglomeration economies in Australia’s cities and regions. This will be based on econometric analyses of Australian, EU and US datasets using panel, threshold and... Read article
Housing impacts for Australian children and adolescents; including Indigenous children in remote Australia
This project will update and extend important empirical evidence on how housing circumstances shape young Australians’ health and educational outcomes. Utilising three longitudinal datasets it will build on earlier quantitative analyses to incorporate adolescents and a qualitative component exploring housing... Read article
Inquiry into pathways to housing tax reform
This evidence-based policy inquiry (EPI), funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), will establish a viable, evidence-based strategy for breaking the political deadlock afflicting Australian housing tax policy. It will identify a pathway to reform that balances... Read article
Housing tenure, mobility and labour market adjustments
This project explores the role of housing on the efficient function of the labour market for unemployed and under-employed individuals and households. The HILDA dataset is used to examine how housing tenure, through potential impediments to labour mobility may influence... Read article
A new look at the channels from housing to employment growth
This project broadens the research around housing and labour supply by addressing the work incentive implications of rising real house values and the fungibility of assets following mortgage innovation and deregulation. These changes may impact on the parameters governing labour... Read article
Publications
How many in a crowd? Assessing overcrowding measures in Australian housing
This research assesses the measurement of overcrowding in Australia and explores the relationships between various household density measures and the wellbeing of occupants. Indicators of the incidence or severity of household crowding in Australia actually measure occupant density—the ratio of... Read article
Pathways to housing tax reform
Despite widespread agreement that housing tax reform would lead to better housing outcomes and improved economic efficiency, the politics and ideology around housing tax policy remain a deterrent for change. This report, funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research... Read article
The income tax treatment of housing assets: an assessment of proposed reform arrangements
This report models several potential transitional arrangements that may ease the distribution pressures arising from reforms to negative gearing and capital gains tax (CGT) reform, and help smooth a reform pathway that is more politically acceptable. Negative gearing and CGT... Read article
Australian Demographic Trends and Implications for Housing Assistance Programs
This report, funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), presents the findings from two programs of research. In the first (Part 1), we explore the implications of demographic change for government outlays on housing assistance, and the... Read article
Housing supply responsiveness in Australia: distribution, drivers and institutional settings
Key findings from this report, funded by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), include the following: A 1 per cent increase in the level of real housing prices is estimated to produce a 4.7 per cent (3.9%) increase... Read article
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre team acknowledges the Wadjuk Nyungar people as the traditional owners of the land on which the Centre is situated.