Matching markets in housing and housing assistance

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Disruption and the matching market for new multifamily housing in Melbourne, Australia

“…There is already some overlap as NHL is a supplier of silver-level accessible housing and will provide gold- or platinum-level accessibility if a buyer seeks it. The owners of the Housing Hub are open to their platform taking a broader matching role (Sharam et al, 2018a).…”

The housing aspirations of Australians across the life-course: closing the ‘housing aspirations gap’

“…The result is a mixed development site of single, two bedroom and multiple bedroom apartments within a sustainable building design in inner city Melbourne that is proximate to transport and amenity. In their study of 'matching markets ' Sharam, Byford et al (2018) illustrate how digital platforms can be utilised to disrupt business as usual models of matching future residents to vacant dwellings, reducing inefficiencies including lengthy vacancy, and achieving optimal outcomes in low vacancy, high cost contexts (Sharam, Byford et al 2018). Box 6: Collaborative development of precincts WGV at White Gum Valley is a LandCorp 'Innovation through Demonstration' project designed to create a vibrant and highly sustainable community of more than 80 homes with a people-friendly, rather than car-dominated, layout and lots of green space.…”

The housing aspirations of Australians across the life-course: closing the ‘housing aspirations gap’

“…Existing evidence suggest many households make considerable trade-offs-financial, location, tenure and type -to attain home ownership, even on low-to-moderate incomes (Department of Housing (WA) 2013; Rowley and Ong 2012;Hulse, Burke et al 2010) and many will drop out of home ownership (Sharam, Byford et al 2018;Ong, Wood et al 2014). Private rental is the major alternative to home ownership yet provides few of its benefits (Hulse and Burke 2015).…”