Modelling Housing Need in Australia to 2025

Rowley, Steven; Leishman, Chris; Baker, Emma; Bentley, Rebecca; Lester, Laurence

Modelling Housing Need in Australia to 2025

AHURI Final Report No. 287, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, DOI:10.18408/ahuri-8106901

70 Pages Posted: 8 Aug 2017

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Steven Rowley

Curtin University - School of Economics and Finance

Emma Baker

School of Architecture & Built Environment

Rebecca Bentley

University of Melbourne - Centre for Health Policy

Laurence Lester

Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning

Date Written: August 2, 2017

Abstract

This research developed a housing need simulation to quantify the need for affordable housing and identify the supply required to meet the demand for housing. This information is important for resource allocation, market monitoring, setting affordable housing targets, housing assistance budgeting and evidence for affordable housing contributions via planning policy.

Keywords: Housing Need, Housing Affordability, Housing Markets, Demographics, Labour Market, Simulation Model

JEL Classification: B41, C52, C15, C20, R21, R31

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Rowley, Steven and Leishman, Chris and Baker, Emma and Bentley, Rebecca and Lester, Laurence, Modelling Housing Need in Australia to 2025 (August 2, 2017). AHURI Final Report No. 287, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, DOI:10.18408/ahuri-8106901, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3015054