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25 June 2013

City Futures 2012 Annual Report is now available, please click here to view.

Attracting institutional investment into affordable rental housing image

17 May 2013

Acclaimed by AHURI CEO Ian Winter as ‘a terrific contribution... to national policy development’ and ‘noted with interest’ by Commonwealth, State and Territory Housing Ministers at their last meeting, the reports from the Investigative Panel led by BE's City Futures Reserach Centre on facilitating institutional investment in rental housing were ...

13 May 2013

Hazel Easthope comments in the Australian on Multi-Generational Living. To view article please click here .

Phillippa Carnemolla and Bright Sparks image

1 May 2013

Congratulations to BE PhD student Phillippa Carnemolla who is one of 20 PhD students selected as finalists in the AMP Bright Sparks PhD Pitch Night as part of the Amplify Festival. The Festival's purpose is to prepare participants "for a future where there is no such thing as 'business as ...

From Tigger's to Milford House, with love image

30 April 2013

In 2008 a remarkable relationship was kindled between the children of Tigger's Honeypot, one of UNSW's child care centres, and the residents of Milford House, an aged care facility in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. Once a fortnight the children pay a visit to their older friends, to paint, sculpt, sing, laugh ...

How does the new draft Metro Strategy measure up in addressing Sydney’s challenges? Seminar, Thursda

17 April 2013

SGS Economics and Planning is pleased to present a seminar focussing on the new draft Metropolitan Strategy, to be held in the evening on Thursday 2 May at the AGL Theatre, Museum of Sydney . Four uniquely qualified speakers (Lucy Turnbull AO, Frank Sartor AO, Patrick Fensham and Pr ofessor ...

Getting the big end of town to help low-income renters image

9 April 2013

Leaders from business and government have called for financial incentives and the establishment of a task force to encourage big institutions to invest in affordable rental housing. A panel of 23 senior executives, from organisations such as Westpac, NAB, Australian Super and the Property Council of Australia, was brought together ...

HMinfo reaches 10 years of research excellence image

15 March 2013

The Home Modification Information Clearinghouse (HMinfo) celebrated their 10 year anniversary today - an almost unheard of achievement in the research world. UNSW Built Environment (BE) has hosted HMinfo since 1998 and congratulates Associate Professor Catherine Bridge and the HMinfo team for their hard work and significant achievements. The Hon ...

2012 Planning Institute of Australia Awards image

18 December 2012

The Planning Institute of Australia (NSW branch) has celebrated the contribution of CFRC’s Healthy Built Environments Program (HBEP) with the recent award of several commendations for HBEP work. Honouring her career-spanning contribution to the planning discipline and profession, HBEP Director Associate Professor Susan Thompson was elected as a Fellow of ...

Strata Community Australia (NSW) President Award image

18 December 2012

Professor Bill Randolph and Dr Hazel Easthope were honoured to receive the Strata Community Australia (NSW) President’s Award at the 2012 Strata Community Awards for Excellence on 19 October. Presented by the NSW Board of Strata Community Australia (peak body for the sector), the award commemorated the growing canon of ...

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