This project defines an investment pathway
that would follow from the re-conceptualisation of social
housing as infrastructure. This involves:
- Developing a bottom-up method
for estimating the scale of unmet need for social housing across Australia –
encompassing both the 2016 backlog and the newly-arising need that will
accompany expected population growth to 203
- Estimating the procurement cost
associated with addressing unmet need over a 20-year timeframe – factoring in
the widely varying built forms, land and construction costs that prevail across
the states and territories
- Defining and appraising the
various alternative pathways (financing and subsidy mechanisms) through which
the required program could be delivered.
The research builds on housing needs
assessment techniques previously developed and utilised in Australia by respected
experts such as Dr Judy Yates, while the procurement cost modelling
extends recent City
Futures research on social housing construction costs in diverse
housing market conditions.
Final Report
