Dr Katrina Raynor

Dr Katrina Raynor

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Design, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne

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Environment

Building social value into affordable housing

Unprecedented investment in social and affordable housing in Victoria is an opportunity to create social, as well as physical, infrastructure

Politics & Society

Protecting older Australian women from homelessness

Older women are the fastest growing group of people experiencing homelessness in Australia, and crucial to change is providing greater access to social and affordable housing

Environment

People in share housing are struggling to cope in COVID-19

A new survey finds that many people living in share housing in Victoria are facing a precarious future as a result of COVID-19, with reports of job losses and financial stress

Environment

Investing in social housing during a pandemic

Australia needs a National Housing Strategy, as well as consistent funding and policy mechanisms, to reverse our long-term declines in social housing

Politics & Society

2019 Budget: The Verdict Part 3

What does the budget mean for the housing market and farmers? Foreign aid and young people? University of Melbourne experts analyse the Federal budget in part three of our coverage

Business & Economics

An Australian place to call home

As Melbourne’s population hits 5 million, with the largest annual increase of any city in Australia’s history over the last year, Victoria must use its land wisely to meet the growing need for affordable housing

Politics & Society

Melbourne's housing crisis and homelessness

As Melbourne faces a growing housing crisis, pockets of innovation are offering some people a leg up out of social housing and into home ownership

Environment

Building with the people

Designing new buildings with, rather than for, future residents is the norm in some parts of Europe: a new project is bringing the approach to Melbourne