Housing
The CRI Housing group is led by Professor Sacha Reid who states "Bringing together our Housing researchers under one banner reveals the diversity of housing research underway in the Cities Research Institute at Griffith University, Australia. Our researchers span disciplines from architecture, business, engineering, environment, finance and planning. We engage with both national and international collaborators, producing research and industry outcomes recognised as both pragmatic and provocative."
Housing People
Professor Sacha Reid
Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management
Professor Paul Burton
Professor of Planning, Gold Coast futures Lead
Dr Judy Kraatz
Snr Research Fellow Cities Research Institute
Dr Benjamin Liu
Snr Lecturer Dept of Accounting, Finance & Economics
Dr Tingting Liu
Lecturer, School of Engineering and Built Environment
Dr Heather Shearer
Research Fellow, Cities Research Institute
Professor Rodney Stewart
Professor, School of Engineering and Built Environment
Members expertise
"My research focus is strata title/multi-owned properties, high density living – and understanding the social and liveability aspects of multi-owned properties; examining the risks and harms to community through building non-compliance within multi-owned properties; identifying foreign flows of capital into residential property." Griffith Experts profile
"The tiny house movement and its applicability to housing affordability and sustainable urban areas is a key focus of my research. Research priorities include: value uplift of house prices after implementation of a light rail network (and also value uplift by proximity to green infrastructure); recreation walkability of urban areas; rousing affordability; spatial analysis of urban housing, infrastructure, walkability and socio-demographics research objectives and priorities; analyse and conceptualise the potential for the tiny house movement to address issues of housing affordability and social inclusion in Australian cities; analyse the socio-demographics of housing in urban areas, particularly with respect to housing affordability; identify infrastructure and planning triggers for house price rises over time; further use spatial analysis to investigate housing related issues in contemporary Australian cities." Griffith Experts profile
"My recent research looks at the promotion and realisation of suburban lifestyles. I have also researched homelessness among young people and in rural areas, the sale of former social housing in the UK, vacancy chains, the intersection of housing and community care." Griffith Experts profile
Benjamin's focus is on housing finance and investment; housing affordability; property valuation and housing markets. "My research objectives and priorities include: what drives housing affordability in Australia and other countries (globally), and housing price or returns, as well as risk." Griffith Experts profile
Judy is a Senior Research Fellow in CRI.
"I am Project Leader for the Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre (SBEnrc) Social and Affordable Housing Program of Research since 2014 - www.sbenrc.com.au. This has been informed by being a practicing Architect for 25 years and completing a value-mapping focused PhD in 2009." Griffith Experts profile
Main research areas of focus for our program include: retrofitting public housing for water and energy efficiency; green affordable housing policy - systems dynamics approach; systems modelling to capture the wider benefits of affordable and public housing; maintenance prevention strategies for public housing; and smart metering of water/electricity/gas in public housing. Griffith Experts profile
Dr Barbara Yen is an adjunct member of the Housing group. "My expertise lies in particular area/s of housing research including property value up lift, value capture, building on research identifying suitable funding mechanisms for transport infrastructure.
Dr Jozsef Hegedus
A round-table discussion was held between Dr Jozsef Hegedus, Chief Economist at the Metropolitan Institute in Hungary and CitiesRI housing members.
Dr Hegedus has extensive knowledge and experience in housing policy issues in Hungary and countries in transition making his visit a valuable opportunity for him to connect with key stakeholders in this region. He is currently working on a housing policy proposal and was interested to hear about Australian solutions for affordable housing programs.
A FEW PUBLICATIONS
- Chau, Q., Liu, B. and Roca, E. (2018) International funding cost and heterogeneous mortgage interest-rate pass-through: a bank-level analysis, Empirical Economic
- Shearer, H. and Burton, P. (2018) Towards a Typology of Tiny Houses. Housing, Theory and Society
- Yen, B. T., Mulley, C., Shearer, H., & Burke, M. (2018). Announcement, construction or delivery: When does value uplift occur for residential properties? Evidence from the Gold Coast Light Rail system in Australia. Land Use Policy, 73, 412-422
- Kraatz JA, Zingoni de Baro M and Newman P. (2018) Procuring Social and Affordable Housing – Final Industry Report. SBEnrc, Brisbane, Australia
- Reid, S., Lloyd, K., O'Brien, W. and Guilding, C. (2017). "Power, Ethopolitics and Community Relations: Complexities of Living in Multi-owned Properties." Housing, Theory and Society 34(4): 439-457
- Sanchez, A. and Mohamed, S. and Hampson, K.D. 2016. Delivering Value with BIM: A Framework for Built Environment Practitioners, CIB World Building Congress 2016, pp. 272-283
- Adair, A., Cooper, J., McGreal, S., Ryley, T. and Smyth, A. (2000) House Prices and Accessibility : the Testing of Relationships within the Belfast Urban Area. Housing Studies, 15 (5), pp. 699-716
COLLABORATIONS
National Collaborators
- Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre (SBEnrc) – (Kraatz, Burton, Shearer & Reid)
- University of Sydney - (Burton, Shearer & Yen)
- National Affordable Housing Consortium - (Kraatz, Roca & Liu)
- Keystart Home Loans - (Kraatz)
- Sustainable Living Infrastructure Consortium - (Roca & Liu)
- University of Queensland – (Shearer & Yen)
- Deakin University – Residential Building Compliance: Understanding Risks and Harms to Communities (Reid)
International Collaborators
- Heriot Watt University UK - (Burton)
- South Pacific Centre for Central Banking - (Roca and Liu)
- Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, Peking University - (Roca & Liu)
- Ryerson University, Canada - (Roca)
- Ulster University - Influence of Social Media on Housing Price Indices - (Reid)
- National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan - (Yen)
- Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University - (Roca & Liu)