The Australian Affordable Housing Report: Environmental Scan 2020 was released in November 2019, in the context of a declining construction environment. Our research looks at the decline in home building approvals, the affordability of dwellings across the country and the movement of key affordability indicators such as wages growth, interest rates, unemployment and underemployment, and the growing prevalence of fulltime-employed couples with children. Key data provided by CoreLogic examines the movement of median prices across Australian capital cities across the years, maps median prices by postcode and looks at affordability measures such as the % of household income required to service a mortgage.
The International Housing Partnership (IHP) is a collaborative of more than 175 high-capacity housing not-for-profits from Australia, Canada, the UK and the US. IHP members are committed to global best practice and, like with the PowerHousing Annual Member Exchange, meet once yearly in conference to exchange information and best practice. A consistent theme of interest for members has been how to unlock efficient and favourable capital solutions to enable the delivery of more homes and better outcomes for tenants. Through PowerHousing Australia, the IHP engaged the Paxon Group to undertake a scoping study outlining the potential for the creation of a global asset class. This report identifies the challenges and opportunities in developing such an asset class, and provides a number of recommendations including advocacy/education activities and market development activities to progress the development of a global asset class.
The August 2019 release of the Scale Sector Capacity Prospectus details PowerHousing Australia Member capacity to deliver affordable housing supply amidst declines in the delivery rates of new social, affordable and market rate homes across the country.
The 2018-19 iteration of the Australian Affordable Housing Report: Environmental Scan provides an updated assessment of housing supply and demand in Australia, and considers the impact of these elements on housing affordability, particularly for low income earners—including social housing tenants, renters, first home buyers, key workers (low-income public sector workers) and seniors.
The July 2017 Affordable Housing Environmental Scan provides an environmental scan on housing supply and demand in Australia, and considers the impact of these elements on housing affordability, particularly for low income earners—including social housing tenants, renters, first home buyers, key workers (low-income public sector workers) and seniors.
The 2016 document below outlines PowerHousing Australia’s vision for a future affordable housing system, and the role of PowerHousing Australia’s members in meeting the demand for affordable housing supply.
