1.91 Social and Affordable Housing - Build-to-Rent Framework
Project Number
1.91Round
Round 9Date
April 2023 – September 2024Research Team
Chair, Project Steering Group
Ian Carter AM
Non-Executive Director
Project Leader
Dr Sacha Reid
B Bus (Hons) GCert Higher Ed PhD
Associate Professor, Griffith University
s.reid@griffith.edu.au
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Judy Kraatz
BDesSt(Hons) BArch(Hons) PhD
Senior Research Fellow
j.kraatz@griffith.edu.au
Documents for Downloading
Publications
Reid, S., Kraatz, J., & Caldera, S. (2024). P1.91 A Liveability Framework for Medium to High Density Social and Affordable Housing : An Australian Housing Case Study. Urban Policy and Research, 42(2), 139–159. https://doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2024.2323013
Presentations
Curtin University’s Research Rumble showcasing Social and Affordable Housing – A decade of Industry-led Research – September 2023
Previous Research
Developing a Social and Affordable Housing Investment Tool (2021 – 2023)
Liveable Social and Affordable Higher Density Housing (2020 – 2021)
Mapping the Social and Affordable Housing Network (2018 – 2020)
Procuring Social and Affordable Housing: Improving Access and Delivery (2017 – 2018)
Valuing Social Housing (2015 – 2017)
Rethinking Social Housing: Effective, Efficient & Equitable (2014 – 2015)
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To address current critical challenges facing the social and affordable (SAH) sector, this research will investigate the potential of Build-to-Rent (BtR) to increase the supply of rental housing in Australia including the practicability of seeking to secure a portion of social and/or affordable housing through multi-sector partnerships. It will provide recommendations to assist with improving the supply and diversity of BtR across different housing markets into the future. This research will assess the practicability of securing social and/or affordable housing via BtR, including recommendations to assist with incentivising delivery in the short to medium term based on a scan of literature, international case studies and stakeholder interviews.
Objectives
The key objective of this research is to investigate the potential of build-to-rent (BtR) to address current critical challenges facing the social and affordable housing (SAH) sector.
- Investigate the potential of build-to-rent (BtR) to address current critical supply challenges impacting on the private rental market in the short to medium term.
- Assess the practicability of securing social housing and/or affordable housing outcomes within BtR developments through multi-sector partnerships and provide recommendations on best practice ways through which this might be achieved.
- Investigate international best practice in comparator countries on BtR’s potential to deliver mixed tenure, higher density social, affordable and private rental housing. This includes identifying recommendations on the appropriate tenure mix, most effective and efficient incentives and operational settings.
Industry Outcomes
This project aims to deliver the following key industry outcomes:
- Improved alignment between government and market
- Inform and address need for increased and more diverse supply of housing.
- Inform delivery of safe, effective and desirable housing to address supply issue into the future.
- BtR Framework and recommendations to upskill broader industry.
- Impact on social and affordable housing capacity to provide desirable housing for people at all ages and stage of life.
