A review of the contextual issues regarding housing market dynamics in resource boom towns

McKenzie, Fiona Haslam; Brereton, D.; Birdsall-Jones, Christina; Phillips, R.; Rowley, Steven

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Authors

McKenzie, Fiona Haslam

Brereton, D.

Birdsall-Jones, Christina

Phillips, R.

Rowley, Steven

Date

2008

Type

Report

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Citation

McKenzie, F.H. and Brereton, D. and Birdsall-Jones, C. and Phillips, R. and Rowley, S. 2008. A review of the contextual issues regarding housing market dynamics in resource boom towns. AHURI Positioning Paper. 105: pp. 1-42.

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AHURI POSITIONING PAPER

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http://www.ahuri.edu.au/publications/projects/p80370

ISSN

18349250

School

John Curtin Institute of Public Policy (Research Institute)

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37640

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

This positioning paper provides a context for examining housing market dynamics in four Australian resource boom towns: Kalgoorlie and Karratha in Western Australia, and Emerald and Moranbah in Queensland. The impact of the resource boom on housing affordability is examined, as are its effects on a variety of other related socio- economic indicators in those towns, including the availability and appropriateness of housing, community development, social cohesion and exclusion.