Beneficial Ownership of the Family Home

The edges of home ownership

This bulletin is based on research by Professor Gavin Wood and Dr Melek Cigdem at the AHURI Research Centre—RMIT University, Associate Professor Rachel Ong at the AHURI Research Centre—Curtin University and Professor Susan J. Smith at Cambridge University. The research sought to understand the pattern and circumstances in which households in mainstream home ownership churn in and out of home ow...

Determinants · of Home Ownership

Comparative Analysis of Entry to Home Ownership

Entry to home ownership (EHO) is one of the most significant steps that a household takes during household careers (1). It is not only an economic decision of households but also a social and cultural attitude towards housing. It has spatial repercussions within the urban arena as well. In the literature, the process of entry to home ownership has been studied numerous times (Fejitsen and Mulde...

Productivity Commission Inquiry on First Home Ownership

Productivity Commission Inquiry on First Home Ownership

1. Background In Australia, local government is established under State/Territory legislation and its structures, powers and functions are determined by that legislation. In all jurisdictions in the last 10-15 years, the relevant legislation creating and regulating local government has been reviewed and significantly amended or replaced with new legislation that gives local councils greater gen...