Rising homelessness and housing insecurity in Sydney & NSW
Homelessness is surging across NSW. Pressures are increasing on many fronts – housing costs are up, affordable rentals are scarcer and cost of living is climbing. Communities are suffering from repeated natural disasters, yet support services are stretched and cannot keep up. Since 2020, the number of people sleeping rough has spiked by 50%. Read […]
Dual occupancy research snapshot
Aiming to increase housing supply, NSW Planning recently made changes to dual occupancy to expand where they are permitted. We have taken a look at what impact this has made to NSW’s housing supply since the reforms were introduced in July 2024. Read our findings in our research snapshot.
Transport Oriented Development to deliver medium density housing
We undertook feasibility assessment of the 37 Transport Orientated Development sites from NSW Planning, with detailed analysis in 11 sub-markets for the Urban Development Institute of Australia. Read more in our research report.
International perspectives: moves for delivering more housing
We supported the Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue bring together learning and insights from its 2024 study tour across East London with a focus on housing and placemaking. The Dialogue hosted a range of sectors from government, business and industry to see what we could learn for Western Sydney and Australia more broadly. Read our insights […]