A practical framework for expanding affordable housing services in Australia : learning from experience

This report presents the findings of research conducted by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) Sydney Research Centre into the experience of non government not for profit organisations that have undertaken the development of their own social and affordable housing projects across Australia. The broad purpose of the research is to support the accelerated expansion of affordable housing products in Australia, by providing information and analysis of established models and suggesting strategies that can assist with their growth in both the near future and longer-term. In the last few years, interest in the potential to use alternative financing and delivery models for social and affordable housing supply in Australia has increased. The main drivers of the growing research and policy attention being given to innovative models have been: shrinking public funds for social housing, growing affordability problems for low and moderate income households, and greater diversity of client needs that cannot be addressed adequately within the existing service delivery framework.