Kavitha Vipulananda

Kavitha Vipulananda

PhD Candidate, Melbourne Social Equity Institute, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne

Politics & Society

|

We know how to end homelessness. We just won’t pay for it

Japan has record low levels of homelessness and Finland has spent decades driving its numbers down. One built its way there, the other made housing unconditional. Australia needs both

Politics & Society

|

Analysis

Changing who owns houses, won’t fix how fast we can build them

Australia keeps reaching for tax reform to fix the housing crisis, but the 2026 Federal Budget still didn't tackle one of our biggest problems. What it missed was speed.

Sciences & Technology

|

Analysis

We've forgotten how to build houses

Construction productivity in Australia has fallen 53 per cent since the mid-1990s. Modern methods of building can reverse it, if we choose to scale them