Chris is a Senior Research Fellow in the City Futures Research Centre.
Chris's research interests are in rental housing and housing affordability, with special interest in:
Chris has led and participated in numerous inquiries and research projects for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), the Australian Research Council (ARC) and other research funders.
Chris was previously the Senior Policy Officer of the Tenants' Union of NSW, and is the author of the 'Tenants' Rights Manual' (4th edition), the leading text on tenancy law and policy for tenants and community workers in New South Wales. He is also a past Chair of Shelter NSW.
, 2012, Tenants' Rights Manual: a practical guide to renting in New South Wales (4th edition), 4th, Federation Press, Annandale
, 2020, 'Is Airbnb a Sharing Economy Superstar? Evidence from Five Global Cities', in Disruptive Urbanism, Routledge, pp. 37 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003010753-4
, 2018, 'How disruptive technology is impacting the housing and property markets', in Real Estate and GIS, Routledge, pp. 36 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315642789-3
, 2018, 'How Disruptive Technology is Impacting the Housing and Property Markets: An Examination of Airbnb', in Reed R; Pettit C (ed.), Real Estate and GIS: The Application of Mapping Technologies, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 36 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781315642789-3
, 2016, 'Housing', in The Law Handbook: Your Practical Guide to the Law in New South Wales, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, http://legal.thomsonreuters.com.au/the-law-handbook-your-practical-guide-to-the-law-in-nsw-14th-edition/productdetail/124551
, 2023, 'Private rental investment and socio-spatial disadvantage in Sydney, Australia', Geographical Research, 61, pp. 349 - 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12591
, 2022, 'Analysing the effectiveness of demand-side rental subsidies: the case of Australia’s Commonwealth Rent Assistance scheme', International Journal of Housing Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2022.2123268
, 2021, 'Australia’s incipient eviction crisis: No going back', Alternative Law Journal, 46, pp. 134 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X21990940
, 2021, 'Australian Residential Tenancies Law in the COVID-19 Pandemic: considerations of housing and property rights', UNSW Law Journal, 44, pp. 197 - 226, http://www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/article/australian-residential-tenancies-law-in-the-covid-19-pandemic-considerations-of-housing-and-property-rights/
, 2021, 'Reluctant regulators? Rent regulation in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic', International Journal of Housing Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2021.1983246
, 2021, 'Airbnb and amenity: Is short-term letting reshaping how we live in the city?', Critical Housing Analysis, 8, pp. 119 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/23362839.2021.8.1.528
, 2020, 'Security and Renewal in Australian Public Housing: Historical Representations and Current Problems', Urban Policy and Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2020.1829583
, 2020, 'Rental property investment in disadvantaged areas: the means and motivations of Western Sydney’s new landlords', Housing Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2019.1709806
, 2019, 'The Everyman archetype: discursive reframing of private landlords in the financialization of rental housing', Housing Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2019.1644297
, 2019, 'Review of selected works by M. Mazzucato and colleagues on states, market shaping and value', Housing, Theory and Society, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2019.1612153
, 2018, 'The Commonwealth tenancy disputes legislation: A bad vibe', Australian Property Law Journal, 27, pp. 15 - 25
, 2018, 'Improving Housing Security through Tenancy Law Reform: Alternatives to Long Fixed Term Agreements', Property Law Review, 7, pp. 184 - 194, https://www-westlaw-com-au.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/maf/wlau/app/document?&src=search&docguid=I4d028561e38011e8b978b52e7aea20ea&epos=1&snippets=true&fcwh=true&startChunk=1&endChunk=1&nstid=std-an
, 2018, 'Building Australia's affordable housing industry: capacity challenges and capacity-enhancing strategies', International Journal of Housing Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2018.1469108
, 2018, 'Is Airbnb a sharing economy superstar? Evidence from five global cities', Urban Policy and Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2018.1460722
, 2018, 'Clever Odysseus: narratives and strategies of rental property investor subjectivity in Australia', Housing Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2017.1414161
, 2016, 'One strike, three strikes: crime and anti-social behaviour in NSW public housing', Alternative Law Journal, 41, pp. 262 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1037969X1604100410
, 2015, 'Contracts and conduct: Using tenancy law to govern crime and disorder in public housing in New South Wales', Property Law Review, 5, pp. 81 - 100
, 2004, 'Law and Order in Public Housing: the Residential Tenancies (Public Housing) Act 2004', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 16
, 2002, 'Public Assembly and Dissent in Sydney – one year on from the Olympic Games', Alternative Law Journal, 27
, 2001, 'Review of the Report of the Ombudsman Victoria, Investigation of Police Action at the World Economic Forum Demonstrations September 2000, June 2001', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 13
, 2000, 'Crime and Control in Australian Urban Space', Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 12
, 2018, 'Housing Reform and Classical Liberal Governmentality Before the Social Housing Era', in McShane I; Taylor E; Porter L; Woodcock I (eds.), Remaking Cities - Proceedings of the 14th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference 2018, Remaking Cities - 14th Australasian Urban History Planning History Conference 2018, Melbourne, pp. 303 - 313, presented at
, 2017, 'Rental Vulnerability: a new methodology for measuring and mapping disadvantage in rental housing', in State of Australian Cities Conference 2017, State of Australian Cities Conference 2017, Adelaide, presented at
, 2023, 'COVID-19 housing policy responses', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, 11 September 2023 - 13 September 2023, https://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/australian-social-policy-conference-11-13-september-2023
, 2022, 'Supportive housing after prison', presented at National Homelessness Conference, Canberra, 08 August 2022 - 10 August 2022, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/events/national-homelessness-conference-0
, 2019, 'Social housing legal responses to crime and anti-social behaviour', presented at National Housing Conference, Darwin, Northern Territory, 27 August 2019 - 27 September 2019
, 2019, 'Regulating Airbnb and short-term letting: an international review', presented at Sixth Annual International and Comparative Urban Law Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 11 July 2019 - 12 July 2019
, 2017, 'Property investor subjectivity in Australia: narratives and strategies', presented at RC43 - Unreal Estate? Rethinking Housing, Class and Identity, City University, Hong Kong, 18 June 2017 - 21 June 2017
, 2005, 'Government Housing: crime, order and security in public housing in New South Wales', presented at Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology annual conference, Wellington, New Zealand, -
, 2002, 'Marginalising public housing tenants: from the 'Good Neighbour Policy' to 'renewable tenancies'', presented at Housing, crime and stronger communities, Melbourne, 06 May 2002 - 07 May 2002, http://www.aic.gov.au/media_library/conferences/housing/martin.pdf
, 2001, 'Neither Panopticon nor Panacea: differing meanings of CCTV surveillance in Sydney', presented at Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology annual conference, Melbourne, -
, 2023, Towards an Australian Housing and Homelessness Strategy: understanding national approaches in contemporary policy, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri7127901, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/401
, 2022, Regulation of residential tenancies and impacts on investment, AHURI Ltd, Melbourne, 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri7124801, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/391
, 2022, Filtering as a source of low-income housing in Australia: conceptualisation and testing, AHURI Ltd, Melbourne, 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri5124401, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/387
, 2022, Assisting first homebuyers: an international policy review, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri7127201, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/381
, 2022, Enhancing the coordination of housing supports for individuals leaving institutional settings, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Ltd, Melbourne, 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri5321001, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/379
, 2022, Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic housing policy responses, AHURI Ltd, Melbourne, 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri3227801, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/376
, 2022, COVID-19: Housing market impacts and housing policy responses - an international review, ACOSS-UNSW Sydney, Sydney, 16, https://povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au/covid-19-housing-market-impacts-2/
, 2021, COVID-19: Rental housing and homelessness impacts in Australia, ACOSS, Sydney, 12, https://povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au/covid-19-rental-housing-and-homelessness-impacts-2/
, 2021, Exiting prison with complex support needs: the role of housing assistance, AHURI Ltd, Melbourne, 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri7124801, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/361
, 2021, COVID-19: Rental housing and homelessness impacts – an initial analysis, ACOSS and UNSW, Sydney, 1, http://povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/COVID19_Rental-housing-and-homelessness-impacts_report-1.pdf
, 2020, Demand-side assistance in Australia’s rental housing market: exploring reform options, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Ltd, Melbourne, 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri8120801, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/342
, 2020, Inquiry into integrated housing support for vulnerable families, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri7116001, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/339
, 2019, Boarding Houses in New South Wales: growth, change and implications for equitable density, Shelter NSW, Sydney, No 64, http://www.shelternsw.org.au/uploads/1/2/1/3/121320015/cfrcjuly2019___boarding_houses_in_nsw___shelterbrief64.pdf
, 2019, The construction of social housing pathways across Australia, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-7118101, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/316
, 2019, Build-to-Rent in Australia: product feasibility and potential affordable housing contribution, Landcom NSW, Sydney, https://cityfutures.be.unsw.edu.au/documents/551/LCOM_0000_Build_to_Rent_Report_WEB_July_2019.pdf
, 2019, Social housing as infrastructure: rationale, prioritisation and investment pathway, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-5314001, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/315
, 2019, Social housing legal responses to crime and anti-social behaviour: impacts on vulnerable families, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-7116301, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/314
, 2019, Poor-quality housing and low-income households: Review of evidence and options for reform, City Futures Research Centre, Sydney, Shelter Brief No. 63, https://www.shelternsw.org.au/blog/poor-quality-housing-and-low-income-households
, 2019, A conceptual analysis of social housing as infrastructure, AHURI Ltd, Melbourne, 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-4114101, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/34861/AHURI-Final-Report-309-A-conceptual-analysis-of-social-housing-as-infrastructure.pdf
, 2018, Technological disruption in private housing markets: the case of Airbnb, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-7115201, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/305
, 2018, Amplify Insights: Housing Affordability and Homelessness, Centre for Social Impact UNSW, Sydney, http://www.csi.edu.au/news/national-housing-affordability-framework-urgently-needed-address-critical-lack-affordable-housing-problem-affecting-everyone-says-new-report/
, 2018, Inquiry into the future of the private rental sector, AHURI, Melbourne, 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-5112001, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/24695/AHURI_Final_report_303_Inquiry_into_the_future_of_the_private_rental_sector.pdf
, 2018, Private rental in transition: institutional change, technology and innovation in Australia, AHURI Ltd, Melbourne, 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-5112101, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/296
, 2018, The changing institutions of private rental housing: an international review, AHURI, Melbourne, Final Report 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-7112201, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/292
, 2017, Queensland Rental Vulnerability Index, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, https://cityfutures.be.unsw.edu.au/documents/396/RVI_final_to_TQ_public.pdf
, 2017, Developing the scale and capacity of Australia’s affordable housing industry, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne Australia, online, 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-7108402., http://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/278
, 2016, Recent housing transfer experience in Australia: Implications for affordable housing industry development (AHURI Final Report #273), 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-7108101, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/273
, 2016, Profiling Australia's Affordable Housing Industry (AHURI Final Report #268), Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-7108401, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/268
, 2015, Heritage and social housing: implications for repairs, maintenance, modifications and redevelopments, Shelter NSW, Sydney
, 2007, Shelter - Hot Topics 57, State Library of NSW, Sydney, Hot Topics: legal issues in plain language, 57, http://www.legalanswers.sl.nsw.gov.au/hot_topics/pdf/shelter_57.pdf
, 2004, Leaking Roofs: Australian tenancy law, Tenants' Union of NSW, Sydney
, 2011, Government Housing: governing crime and disorder in public housing in New South Wales, University of Sydney
, 2023, To deliver enough affordable housing and end homelessness, what must a national strategy do?, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/to-deliver-enough-affordable-housing-and-end-homelessness-what-must-a-national-strategy-do-207120
, 2022, Giving ex-prisoners public housing cuts crime and re-incarceration – and saves money, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/giving-ex-prisoners-public-housing-cuts-crime-and-re-incarceration-and-saves-money-180027
, 2020, $1 billion per year (or less) could halve rental housing stress, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/1-billion-per-year-or-less-could-halve-rental-housing-stress-146397
, 2020, Rents can and should be reduced or suspended for the coronavirus pandemic, The Conversation, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/rents-can-and-should-be-reduced-or-suspended-for-the-coronavirus-pandemic-135929
, 2020, Why housing evictions must be suspended to defend us against coronavirus, The Conversation, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/why-housing-evictions-must-be-suspended-to-defend-us-against-coronavirus-134148
, 2018, Wealthy landlords and more sharehousing: how the rental sector is changing, The Conversation, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/wealthy-landlords-and-more-sharehousing-how-the-rental-sector-is-changing-94394
, 2018, What Australia can learn from overseas about the future of rental housing, The Conversation, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/what-australia-can-learn-from-overseas-about-the-future-of-rental-housing-90401
, 2017, Saving Sirius: why heritage protection should include social housing, The Conversation, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/saving-sirius-why-heritage-protection-should-include-social-housing-81670
, 2017, Two pictures of rental housing stress and vulnerability zero in on areas of need, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/two-pictures-of-rental-housing-stress-and-vulnerability-zero-in-on-areas-of-need-77714
, 2017, Budget 2017 charts new social and affordable housing agenda, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/budget-2017-charts-new-social-and-affordable-housing-agenda-76794
, 2017, Australia needs to reboot affordable housing funding, not scrap it, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/australia-needs-to-reboot-affordable-housing-funding-not-scrap-it-72861
, 2017, Rental insecurity: why fixed long-term leases aren’t the answer, The Conversation, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/rental-insecurity-why-fixed-long-term-leases-arent-the-answer-73114
, 2016, Tenants' rights manual: a practical guide to renting in NSW, revised online 4th edition, Tenants' rights manual: a practical guide to renting in NSW, revised online 4th edition, State Library of NSW, http://www.legalanswers.sl.nsw.gov.au/guides/tenants_rights_manual/
, 2016, Might Labor's negative-gearing policy yet save the housing market?, Might Labor's negative-gearing policy yet save the housing market?, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/might-labors-negative-gearing-policy-yet-save-the-housing-market-59989
, 2021, Exiting prison with complex support needs: the role of housing assistance, http://dx.doi.org10.31235/osf.io/rnk2c, http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/rnk2c
, 2019, Chilly house? Mouldy rooms? Here’s how to improve low-income renters’ access to decent housing, , https://theconversation.com/chilly-house-mouldy-rooms-heres-how-to-improve-low-income-renters-access-to-decent-housing-116749
, 2019, Is social housing essential infrastructure? How we think about it does matter, , https://theconversation.com/is-social-housing-essential-infrastructure-how-we-think-about-it-does-matter-110777
, 2018, Who wins and who loses when platforms like Airbnb disrupt housing? And how do you regulate it?, , https://theconversation.com/who-wins-and-who-loses-when-platforms-like-airbnb-disrupt-housing-and-how-do-you-regulate-it-106234
, 2018, Airbnb regulation needs to distinguish between sharing and plain old commercial letting, , https://theconversation.com/airbnb-regulation-needs-to-distinguish-between-sharing-and-plain-old-commercial-letting-97613
, 2023, Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee: the worsening rental crisis in Australia, The Senate, , https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Worseningrentalcrisis/Submissions
, 2020, Submission to: NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment NSW Housing Strategy Discussion Paper.,
, 2022, Regulation of residential tenancies and impacts on investment, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/sr65b
, 2022, Filtering as a source of low-income housing in Australia: conceptualisation and testing, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/ph8as
, 2022, Australia’s COVID-19 pandemic housing policy responses, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/yef47
, 2018, Technological disruption in private housing markets: the case of Airbnb, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/cb8z3
, 2018, Inquiry into the future of the private rental sector, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/6sb8r
, 2018, Private rental in transition: institutional change, technology and innovation in Australia, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/yqbxj
, 2018, The changing institutions of private rental housing: an international review, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/dzyrm