Director, City Futures - Faculty Leadership, City Futures Research Centre, Urban Analytics and City Data, Infrastructure in the Built Environment, UNSW
Professor Bill Randolph joined the Faculty of Built Environment at the University of New South Wales in August 2004 as Professor and Director of the City Futures Research Centre where he leads a research team specialising in housing policy, urban development and metropolitan planning policy issues.
Bill has 35 years experience as a researcher on housing and urban policy issues in the academic, government, non-government and private sectors. He was Director of the Urban Frontiers Program at the University of Western Sydney for six years and Head of Research at the National Housing Federation in London (the national peak body for non-profit affordable housing landlords) for eight years.
The market has failed to give Australians affordable housing, so don't expect it to solve the crisis
Oct 16, 2022 13:33 pm UTC| Economy
The federal Labor government has promised to craft a national housing and homelessness plan and to fund new social housing, returning Canberra to a field it all but abandoned for a decade. A new Productivity Commission...
Lack of information on apartment defects leaves whole market on shaky footings
Nov 24, 2019 22:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The litany of defects, poor building standards and regulatory failures has serious implications for apartment owners, occupiers and buyers alike. Fears of a loss of confidence in the sector have unfortunately come true....
Why investor-driven urban density is inevitably linked to disadvantage
Aug 28, 2017 15:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The densification of Australian cities has been heralded as a boon for housing choice and diversity. The up-beat promotion of the swing to urban living by one of Australias leading developer lobby groups epitomises the...
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