In this article published in The Fifth State, Hal Pawson (Emeritus Professor of Housing Research and Policy and Associate Director at the City Futures Research Centre, UNWS) and Steve Pomeroy (Industry Professor of Health, Aging and Society at McMaster University), discuss their new study, comparing the post-pandemic housing market challenges and policy approaches of Canada and Australia.
Towards a shared understanding of housing affordability
What does it mean to say the cost of housing is affordable or unaffordable? When are rents charged truly affordable? Do governments in Scotland, or at UK level, use affordability in a consistent sense when setting policies relating to how much we pay for our...
