Towards an Australian social housing best practice asset management framework

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Section: Social Housing Allocation 'Gaps': Concepts Measurement and I...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation in stock matching and allocations: the social housing challenge

Levin¹,

Tually²,

Vries³

et al. 2023

“…In response to the escalating demand for social housing, state and federal governments have recently announced unprecedented funding programs to speed up new supply (Benedict, Gurran et al 2022). At the same time, legacy issues arising from historically poor asset-management strategies have compelled SHAs to sell high-value properties to increase revenue and transfer stock to the community housing sector to mitigate maintenance and management liabilities (Sharam, McNelis et al 2021;Victorian Auditor-General's Office 2017). The rapid delivery of new supply and ongoing divestment of existing assets raises questions about the alignment between social housing and broader urban development policies.…”

Section: Policy Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Among the range of project imperatives, time is arguably one of the most critical factors for evaluating the success of MT outcomes. International literature emphasises that successful MT developments are contingent on prolonged stakeholder cooperation, which doesn't stop once the building works are finished (Bailey and Manzi 2008;Read and Sanderford 2017;Sharam, McNelis et al 2021). Rather, long-term management, ongoing upgrades and flexible programming strategies are required to maintain high quality living outcomes and accommodate changes in resident numbers, mix and needs.…”

Section: Contested Measures Of Successmentioning

confidence: 99%

From mixed tenure development to mixed tenure neighbourhoods

Khor,

Taylor,

Glackin

et al. 2023

“…The entry of financiers interested in impact and seeking low-risk, long-term investment provides encouragement to CHPs. CHPs increasingly long tenor debt results in their lenders having long-term exposure to the assets, driving improved asset management (Sharam et al 2021).…”

Section: Drivers Of Sustainable Apartment Deliverymentioning

confidence: 99%

Delivering sustainable apartment housing: New build and retrofit

Easthope¹,

Palmer²,

Sharam³

et al. 2023

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