Access: Week 5 – May 26

• Gareth Hutchens, ABC online, 18 April 2021 “Housing again at forefront of Australia’s economic growth”
• PowerPoint Presentation: Problems and Solutions in Housing / Louise Crabtree
• PowerPoint Presentation: Collaborative Housing – A New Economics Approach to Housing / Matthew Daly

• Hal Pawson and Cameron Parsell (The Conversation, Oct 2020) “COVID spurred action on rough sleepers, but greater homelessness challenges lie ahead”
• Rebecca Bentley and Emma Baker (The Conversation, Oct 2020) ‘Mould and damp health costs are about 3 times those of sugary drinks.  We need a healthy housing agenda’
• Crabtree, McNeill et al (2019) ‘Articulating Value in Cooperative Housing’
  • Read the small section ‘4.1 Economics of social housing’ first – pages 31 to 33
  • Then read the Executive Summary – pages 10 to 14

In this week’s ‘REQUIRED MATERIALS’ the tone and content of the article by Gareth Hutchen is extremely different to the presentations by our guest speakers and additional reading.

1. Why is there such a big difference between how ‘business’ and ‘the market’ talk and write about housing issues, compared to how social justice advocates talk and write about housing issues?
2. Why are collaborative housing options presented as a viable option to help Australia’s housing crisis? What other innovative housing options are emerging, to help people have safe, affordable housing?
3. In a wellbeing economy, what actions could be taken to ensure housing is accessible, affordable and sustainable?