Supporting Australia’s Housing System: Modelling Pandemic Policy Responses

AHURI Final Report 2020

52 Pages Posted: 30 Nov 2020

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Chris Leishman

University of Adelaide

Rachel Ong

Curtin University - Centre for Research in Applied Economics; Curtin University - School of Economics and Finance

Laurence Lester

Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning

Weidong Liang

University of Adelaide

Date Written: November 26, 2020

Abstract

This research considered the economic literature relating to pandemics and modelled a range of related economic outcomes on employment and unemployment by sector and on the housing outcomes of home owners, private renters, and small investor landlords in Australia from late 2020 and through 2021.

Keywords: Housing and the Economy; Tax and Housing Policy; COVID-19; Coronavirus; JobKeeper; JobSeeker; Commonwealth Rent Assistance; Rent Relief; Income Support; Housing Affordability Stress; Rental Investors

JEL Classification: R00

Suggested Citation

Leishman, Chris and Ong, Rachel and Lester, Laurence and liang, weidong, Supporting Australia’s Housing System: Modelling Pandemic Policy Responses (November 26, 2020). AHURI Final Report 2020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3737833

Chris Leishman (Contact Author)

University of Adelaide ( email )

No 233 North Terrace, School of Commerce
Adelaide, South Australia 5005
Australia

Rachel Ong

Curtin University - Centre for Research in Applied Economics ( email )

GPO Box U1987
Perth, Western Australia 6845
Australia

Curtin University - School of Economics and Finance ( email )

GPO Box U 1987
Perth, Western Australia 6845
Australia

Laurence Lester

Centre for Housing, Urban and Regional Planning ( email )

No 233 North Terrace, School of Commerce
Adelaide, South Australia 5005
Australia

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Weidong Liang

University of Adelaide ( email )

No 233 North Terrace, School of Commerce
Adelaide, South Australia 5005
Australia

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