Jago Dodson
@urbanizationist.bsky.social
Professor of Urban Policy, Melbourne, posting/following mostly academically on housing, transport, planning, infrastructure, energy, governance, geography, and climate.
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Professor of Urban Policy, Melbourne, posting/following mostly academically on housing, transport, planning, infrastructure, energy, governance, geography, and climate.
If I followed you it is probably via a starter pack (not personal).
Also @ X, 🐘, 🪡
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The Works Department point deserves further investigation given the extensive shortage of skilled labour, and the fact that the gendered construction sector tends to draw on only half the labour force.
How to shake up the growth engine for affordable rental housing (spoiler: it’s not what we’ve got now)
Australia is spending more than ever on housing support, but the outcomes tell a different story writes Julie Lawson ahead of a keynote address to the Australasian Housing Researchers Conference.
thefifthestate.com.au
Here's an incisive article in Fifth Estate by my RMIT University colleagues Professor Julie Lawson and Dr Liam Davies assessing the weaknesses of the Australian Government's Housing Affordability Future Fund and potential reforms to improve housing provision.
thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...
thefifthestate.com.au/columns/spin...