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News and research in housing and urban policy, from Australia's leading urban policy research centre.

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Mounting housing stress underscores need for expert council to guide wayward policymaking

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Beyond the city – healthy built environments in regional and rural localities

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What's equity got to do with health in a higher-density city?

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Why investor-driven urban density is inevitably linked to disadvantage

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It's not just the buildings, high-density neighbourhoods make life worse for the poor

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This is why apartment living is different for the poor

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The Conscious City

Blue Ute in front of a brick home

Harnessing Big Data in Challenging Urban Contexts

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Saving Sirius: why heritage protection should include social housing

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Sydney must heed lessons of London affordable housing fiasco

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Taxing empty homes: a step towards affordable housing, but much more can be done

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With better data access, urban planners could help ease our weight problems

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Tenants' calls for safe public housing fall on deaf ears

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Beyond Medicare levies: joining the dots to create places that are good for our health

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Compact for Renewal Project: what tenants want from social housing renewal

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Overturning perceptions: migration, renewal and the new Western City