Cover; Contents; Preface; List of contributors; 1 Introduction: a housing lens on Australia's unintended cities; Housing institutional and policy disarray; The intended cities; This book; Conclusion; Endnotes; References; 2 Transforming Australia's 'housing solution': how we can better plan suburbia to meet our future challenges; Introduction; Origins; First fix; Towards intention; Reconstructing suburbia; Housing to the limits, Future trajectories; Consolidating suburbia; Conclusion, References; 3 The Australian residential housing market: institutions and actors; Introduction Housing markets and the institutional contextThe management subsystem: policy and housing market relationships; The production subsystem; The exchange and consumption subsystems; Conclusion; References; 4 Housing affordability, affordable housing and the policy agenda; Australia's housing affordability challenge; Delivering affordable housing; Ways forward; References; 5 Household debt: mortgage lending practices and the housing market; Introduction; Comparative background; The evolution of Australia's housing finance sector; Loan features and 'risk-mitigating' mechanisms Attributes that sustained the housing market during the GFCHousehold debt; Negative equity and house price risk; The national supply shortfall; Conclusion; Endnotes; References; 6 Housing policies and wealth inequality; Household and housing wealth; Housing markets and housing wealth; Housing finance in Australia; Tax incentives to utilise housing finance; Why does wealth inequality matter?; Conclusion; Endnotes; References; 7 Planning systems, urban form and housing; Neoliberal urban planning; Facilitation and corporatisation; Centralisation and local control; Planning systems and urban form HousingConclusion; Acknowledgement; References; 8 Governance, metropolitan planning and city-building: the case for reform; Introduction; A planning deficit; A democratic deficit; Case study 1: Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works (1891-1991); Case study 2: Brisbane City Council (1924- ) and South East Queensland Regional Plan (2004- ); A vision for change; Conclusion; References; 9 Housing and urban form: a new productivity agenda; Introduction; The productivity imperative; Dealing with a new economy; Enterprise productivity and urban form; Accessibility and human capital development The unintended consequences of housing policiesConclusion; Endnotes; References; 10 The energy and carbon footprints of urban housing and transport: current trends and future prospects; Introduction; Energy and carbon signatures of Australian households; Key trends in energy, housing and transport: implications for CO2 emissions; Integrated perspectives on housing, transport and environmental performance; Conclusion; Endnotes; References; Index | 
