Vivienne Milligan is an Honorary Professor at the City Futures Research Centre. Until her formal retirement in late 2016, she had been an Associate Professor at City Futures since August 2008. A geographer and housing policy expert, Vivienne completed a BA Hons at the University of Sydney in 1973 and worked in academia for a decade (1973-1982) before returning from a highly successful career in public sector administration (1983-1999) to complete a doctoral thesis at Utrecht University in the Netherlands in 2003. She was Director of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Sydney Research Centre at the University of Sydney between 2004 and 2008 and was appointed an Adjunct Associate Professor there in 2005. Vivienne’s research and policy interests include affordable housing financing, housing policy analysis, Indigenous housing, the role and contribution of third sector housing organisations and comparative housing research. Her research approach is strongly applied and builds on her extensive experience working on both sides of the research-policy interface. Prior to returning to academia, Vivienne had over 20 years senior management experience in housing policy development and innovation in Australia, working at different times in the federal and three state jurisdictions. During her public sector career she was instrumental in developing new initiatives in public, community, Indigenous and affordable housing. She is highly regarded across Australia for her contributions to housing policy development and was awarded a Public Service Medal for her contributions to the social housing sector in Queensland in 1993.
Vivienne has also held many advisory and governance positions in government and non government organisations. Her past Directorships include the NSW Community Housing Industry Association (2016-19), the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (1992-98), City West Housing (1994), the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (1997-99), and the Australasian Housing Institute (2001-04). From 2003 to 2005 she was the foundation editor of HousingWORKS the journal of the Australasian Housing Institute. Vivienne has been a regular guest lecturer in graduate housing courses in several universities and in 2006 helped to instigate the first professional development course on affordable housing, which was well subscribed across Australia . Vivienne has also worked periodically as a private consultant on commissioned projects for various government and non-government housing agencies.
, 2020, Housing Policy in Australia A Case for System Reform, Springer Nature, Singapore, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0780-9
, 2013, Understanding leadership, strategy and organisational dynamics in the not-for-profit housing sector, 204, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p70689
, 2013, Understanding leadership, strategy and organisational dynamics in the not-for-profit housing sector - AHURI Final Report No 204, 1, Australian Housing and Uban Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p70689
, 2012, Housing Supply Bonds - a suitable instrument to channel investment towards affordable housing in Australia?, 188, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, http://www.be.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/upload/research/centres/cf/publications/ahuriprojectreports/AHURI_Final_Report_No188.pdf
, 2012, Developing sustainable affordable housing: a project level analysis, 183, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p70617
, 2011, Urban social housing for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders: Respecting culture and adapting services, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne
, 2008, New Directions in Planning for Affordable Housing: Australian and international evidence and implications (AHURI Final Report No 120), 120, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/download/ahuri_60322_fr
, 2024, 'Towards a national housing policy for the 2020s', in Australian Urban Policy: Prospects and Pathways, ANU Press, pp. 349 - 368, http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/aup.2024.18
, 2020, 'Housing third sector organisations in Australia', in Billis D; Rochester C (ed.), Handbook on Hybrid Organisations, Edward Elgar Publishing limited, Cheltenham UK, pp. 370 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781785366116.00031
, 2012, 'Policies to support access and affordability of housing', in International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, pp. 293 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00255-1
, 2012, 'Affordable Housing Strategies', in Smith S; Elsinga M; O'Mahony LF; Eng OS; Wachter S (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 58 - 64
, 2012, 'Housing affordability, affordable housing and the policy agenda', in Tomlinson R (ed.), Australia’s Unintended Cities: The Impact of Housing on Urban Development, edn. first, CSIRO, Collingwood, Vic, pp. 51 - 67
, 2012, 'Policies that Support Affordability and Access to Housing', in Smith S; Elsinga M; O'Mahony LF; Eng OS; Wachter S (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, edn. 1, Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 293 - 305
, 2011, 'Policies to Support Access and Affordability of Housing', in International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, pp. 293 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00255-1
, 2011, 'Affordable Housing Strategies', in International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, pp. 58 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-047163-1.00396-9
, 2009, 'Australia', in Management of Privatised Housing: International Policies & Practice, pp. 19 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444322613.ch2
, 2009, 'Australia: New approaches to managing mixed tenure estates', in Gruis V; Tsenkova S; Nieboer N (ed.), Management of privatised housing: international policies and practice, edn. First, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK, pp. 19 - 43
, 2023, 'Towards an Australian Housing and Homelessness Strategy: understanding national approaches in contemporary policy', AHURI Final Report, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri7127901
, 2023, 'Celebrating Judy Yates', Housing Studies, 38, pp. 351 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2023.2174063
, 2019, 'Van Bortel, G., Gruis, V., Nieuwenhuijzen, J. and Pluijmers, B. (eds.): Affordable housing governance and finance: innovation, partnerships and comparative perspectives', Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 34, pp. 1173 - 1175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10901-019-09710-x
, 2018, 'Building Australia's affordable housing industry: capacity challenges and capacity-enhancing strategies', International Journal of Housing Policy, 19, pp. 46 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2018.1469108
, 2017, 'State directed hybridity? – the relationship between non-profit housing organizations and the state in three national contexts', Housing Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2017.1373747
, 2015, 'Hybridity in the Housing Third Sector: Interpreting Recent Developments in Australia', Third Sector Review, 21, pp. 191 - 218, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=710721553117254;res=IELHSS
, 2014, 'Secure Occupancy: A New Framework for Analysing Security in Rental Housing', Housing Studies, 29, pp. 638 - 656, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2013.873116
, 2013, 'Understanding leadership, strategy and organisational dynamics in the not-for-profit housing sector', AHURI Final Report
, 2013, 'Financing rental housing through institutional investment - Volume 1: Outcomes from an Investigative Panel', AHURI Final Report
, 2013, 'How is social housing best delivered to disadvantaged Indigenous people living in urban areas?', AHURI Research & Policy Bulletin, pp. 1 - 4, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/research-and-policy-bulletins/157
, 2013, 'Unlocking institutional finance for affordable housing: what Australian experts have said', Around the House, pp. 8 - 11, http://www.shelternsw.org.au/
, 2013, 'New dawn or chimera? Can institutional financing transform rental housing?', International Journal of Housing Policy, 13, pp. 335 - 357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616718.2013.840111
, 2012, 'Housing Supply Bonds - A suitable instrument to channel investment towards affordable housing in Australia?', AHURI Final Report
, 2012, 'Developing sustainable affordable housing: A project level analysis', AHURI Final Report
, 2012, 'Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom: Innovation and Diversity in Australian Not-for-Profit Housing Organisations', Housing Studies, 27, pp. 476 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2012.677019
, 2012, 'Towards cost-effective private financing of affordable rental housing', Housing Finance International, 27, pp. 25 - 31
, 2011, 'Secure Occupancy: conceptual foundations and comparative perspectives: Final Report', Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Final Report Series, pp. 1 - 240
, 2011, 'Urban social housing for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders: respecting culture and adapting services', Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Final Report Series, 172, pp. 1 - 131, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p70569
, 2011, 'No Home for Housing: The Situation of the Commonwealth’s Housing Policy Advisory Function', Australian Journal of Public Administration, 70, pp. 391 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8500.2011.00746.x
, 2011, 'Stakeholder views of the regulation of affordable housing providers in Australia', Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Final Report Series, pp. 1 - 55, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p40559
, 2010, 'Service directions and issues in social housing for Indigenous households in urban and regional areas', Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Positioning Paper Series, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/download/70569_pp
, 2010, 'The Comeback of National Housing Policy in Australia: First Reflections', European Journal of Housing Policy, 10, pp. 325 - 344, http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/969281_751309012_927199474.pdf
, 2010, 'A Review of “Housing Policy Reforms in Post-Socialist Europe: Lost in', International Journal of Housing Policy, 10, pp. 457 - 459, http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713700559
, 2010, 'Regulatory frameworks and their utility for the not-for-profit housing sector', Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Final Report Series, pp. 1 - 40, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/download/40559_pp
, 2009, 'Integration and Social Housing in Australia: Theory and Practice', Affordable housing, urban renewal and planning: emerging practice in Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales, pp. 1 - 99, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p20336
, 2009, 'Innovation in affordable housing in Australia: Bringing policy and practice for not-for-profit organisations together', Affordable housing, urban renewal and planning: emerging practice in Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales, pp. 1 - 185, http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/cf/publications/ahuriprojectreports/attachments/FR134.pdf
, 2009, 'Housing Moves: Transforming Australian Housing Policy', Around the House, 77, pp. 10 - 14
, 2009, 'Facilitating investment in affordable housing - towards an Australian model', Housing Finance International, 24, pp. 18 - 25
, 2008, 'Reconceptualising Housing Need in the Context of 21st Century Australian Housing Policy (AHURI Positioning Paper 110)', Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Positioning Paper Series, pp. 1 - 79, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/download/ahuri_20381_pp
, 2008, 'New directions in planning for affordable housing: Australian and international evidence and implications', AHURI Final Report, pp. i - 141
, 2008, 'Sustaining fair shares: The Australian housing system and intergenerational sustainability', AHURI Final Report, pp. 1 - 102
, 2008, 'Innovative financing for home ownership: the potential for shared equity initiatives in Australia (Positioning Paper 106)', Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Positioning Paper Series, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/search.asp?Search-Title=&Centre=&Keywords=&Search=Properties&PublicationType=pp&ShowSearch=False&Year=&Search-Summary=&Direction=ASC&Search-Author=&Sort=Search-Tit
, 2007, 'Integration and Social Housing in Australia: Challenges and options', Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Positioning Paper Series, pp. 1 - 58, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/download/ahuri_20336_pp
, 2007, 'Housing affordability: A 21st Century Problem', AHURI Final Report No. 105 National REsearch Venture 3: Housing affordability for lower income Australians
, 2006, 'Impacts of contrasting housing policies on low-income households in Australia and the Netherlands', Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 21, pp. 237 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10901-006-9047-4
, 2003, 'How different? Comparing housing policies and housing affordability consequences for low income households in Australia and the Netherlands', Nederlandse Geografische Studies, pp. 19 - 246
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, 2015, 'State Directed Hybridity? – The Relationship between Non-Profit Housing Organisations and the State in Three National Contexts', in Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 565 - 588, presented at
, 2014, 'Between State and Market – The Relationship between Non-Profit Housing Organisations and the State in Three National Contexts', in Between State and Market – The Relationship between Non-Profit Housing Organisations and the State in Three National Contexts, XV111 ISA World Congress of Sociology , Yokohama July 2014 – Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for Global Sociology, Yokohoma Japan, presented at
, 2012, 'The old and the new: comparing strategic positioning of third sector housing organisations in the Netherlands and Australia', in The old and the new: comparing strategic positioning of third sector housing organisations in the Netherlands and Australia, Paper presented to European Network of Housing Researchers Conference, Lillehammer, presented at
, 2011, 'Securing Better Occupancy Rights for Longer Term Renters', in Securing Better Occupancy Rights for Longer Term Renters, Asia Pacifc Network of Housing Researchers, Hong Kong, presented at
, 2011, 'Better Occupancy Rights for Longer Term Renters', in Asia-Pacific Network For Housing Research Conference Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific Network For Housing Researchers Conference, Hong Kong, presented at
, 2010, 'Closing the Gap' on Indigenous housing disadvantage in urban areas: A framework for analysis of current social housing delivery models', in 5th Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference, The University of Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand, presented at
, 2010, 'Upping the ante: The role and potential of government land agencies in providing land for affordable housing', in 5th Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference, The University of Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand, presented at
, 2010, 'Housing challenges & the influence of housing policy in Australia', in Housing challenges & the influence of housing policy in Australia, APNHR Housing Conference, Beijing, pp. 1 - 25, presented at
, 2010, 'The affordable housing model: policy and practice', in The affordable housing model: policy and practice, SGS Seminar, Alternative Housing Models, Canberra, pp. 1 - 22, presented at
, 2010, 'International financing models for affordable housing', in International financing models for affordable housing, National Affordable Housing Exchange, Sydney, pp. 1 - 22, presented at
, 2009, 'Building a not-for-profit affordable housing industry in Australia', in Refereed papers presented at the 4th Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, Sydney, 5th - 7th August 2009., City Futures Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, presented at
, 2008, 'Stimulating institutional investment in affordable housing in Australia: insights from the US', in 3rd Annual Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference, AHRC08, RMIT, Melbourne, presented at
, 2015, 'Community Housing in NSW: Reflecting on 33 years, Keynote address, NSW Community Housing Conference: Setting new Directions, Sydney May 5-6 2015', presented at NSW Community Housing Conference: Setting New Directions, Sydney, 05 May 2015 - 06 May 2015
, 2015, 'Can NSW be the trail blazer for institutional investment in rental housing?', presented at NSW Community Housing Conference: Setting New Directions, Sydney, 05 May 2015 - 06 May 2015
, 2014, 'Social enterprise and hybridity in the face of recent change: the case of third sector housing organisations in Australia', presented at Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Researchers Conference “Community, Resilience and the Third Sector”, Christchurch New Zeland, 18 November 2014 - 20 November 2014
, 2013, 'Golden dawn or chimera? Can institutional investment transform rental housing?', presented at Paper presented at Housing Studies Association Conference, York April 10–12 2013, York, 10 April 2013 - 12 April 2013
, 2013, 'How are Australia's leading housing not-for-profit organisations embracing social enterprise and hybridity?', presented at Paper presented at the 7th Australasian Housing Researchers’ Conference, Perth, Perth, 06 February 2013 - 08 February 2013
, 2010, 'The role and potential of public land agencies in the provision of land for affordable housing', presented at 5th Australasian Housing Researchers Conference, Auckland, University of Auckland, 17 November 2010 - 19 November 2010
, 2010, 'After the Storm: Reflections on the Robustness of European Approaches to Channelling Private Investment Towards Affordable Rental Housing', presented at ENHR Conference, Istanbul, 01 July 2010 - 04 July 2010
, 2010, 'Transforming Social Housing in Australia: Challenges and Options', presented at ENHR Conference, Istanbul, 01 July 2010 - 04 July 2010
, 2009, 'Recent developments in housing policy in Australia in comparative perspective', presented at International Housing Conference, ‘Housing Assets, Housing People’, Glasgow, 01 September 2009 - 04 September 2009
, 2009, 'Australia’s not for profit housing developers – an emerging industry?', Sydney, 11 June 2009
, 2009, 'The national reform agenda: what does it mean for affordable housing?', presented at National Housing Conference, Melbourne
, 2009, 'Appropriate housing service models for Indigenous households in urban areas', Canberra
, 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
, 2018, Improving Educational Outcomes for Young People in Social Housing: Strive Scholarships - Final Report, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5bd63d0901395
, 2018, Inquiry into increasing affordable housing supply: Evidence-based principles and strategies for Australian policy and practice, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-7313001, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/300
, 2018, Paying for affordable housing in different market contexts, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited, Melbourne, 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.18408/ahuri-7113301, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/293
, 2017, Ready for Growth? Inquiry into Australia's affordable housing industry capacity, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, https://www.ahuri.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/12832/Ready-for-growth-Inquiry-into-Australias-affordable-housing-industry-capacity-Visual-Report.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, 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, Assessing management costs and tenant outcomes in social housing: Recommended methods and future directions (AHURI Final Report No 257), Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute - AHURI, Melbourne, Final Report no 257, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/download/ahuri_71025_fr
, 2015, Next Moves? Expanding affordable rental housing in Australia through institutional investment, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Australia, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/2.1.4577.6161
, 2015, Strategies of Australia’s Leading Not-for-Profit Housing Providers: A national study and international comparison (AHURI Final Report No 237), Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/download/ahuri_71006_fr
, 2014, Assessing management costs and tenant outcomes in social housing: developing a framework (AHURI Positioning Paper no. 160), Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, AHURI Positioning Paper No. 160, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p71025
, 2013, Public housing transfers in Australia: past, present and prospective (AHURI Final report No 215), Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Final Report 215, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/download/ahuri_71008_fr
, 2013, Financing rental housing through institutional investment Volume 2 : supplementary papers, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/download/71016_fr2
, 2013, Financing rental housing through institutional investment – Volume 1: outcomes of an investigative panel (AHURI Final Report No 202), Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia, AHURI Final Report, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p71016
, 2012, Community Land Trusts and Indigenous Housing Options, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, 185, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/185
, 2012, Community land trusts and indigenous housing options, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p70639
, 2012, Principles and practices of an affordable housing community land trust model, Research Paper, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Melbourne
, 2010, International measures to channel investment towards affordable rental housing, AHURI, Melbourne, International measures to channel investment towards affordable rental housing, http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/search.asp?Keywords=Milligan&Search=Properties&ShowSearch=False&Direction=DESC&Search-Author=True&Sort=Search-Title&CurrentPage=1
, 2015, Are we Seeing a New Dawn for Affordable Housing?, Are we Seeing a New Dawn for Affordable Housing?, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, https://theconversation.com/are-we-seeing-a-new-dawn-for-affordable-housing-52286
, 2023, Towards an Australian Housing and Homelessness Strategy: understanding national approaches in contemporary policy, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/h5tja
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