How Australia is lagging behind on making sure everyone has a house

PHOTO: A new report has found Australia requires a unified national housing strategy to tackle a deficit of more than 200,000 affordable dwellings. Photo: James Alcock

Australia requires a unified national housing strategy to tackle a deficit of more than 200,000 affordable dwellings across the nation, according to new research from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.

Policymakers, housing advocates and researchers gathered at Rex Hotel in Canberra on Tuesday to address the findings at the AHURI Conference, Ready for growth: Affordable housing supply solutions.

The event marked the release of AHURI report, Inquiry into increasing affordable housing supply: Evidence-based principles and strategies for Australian policy and practice, which examined strategies utilised by state and local governments to increase the supply of affordable housing.

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