Associate Professor Chris Martin
Associate Professor
Bachelor of Economics (Social Sciences) (Honours 1), University of Sydney
Bachelor of Laws (Honours 2), University of Sydney
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
City Futures Research Centre
Chris is an Associate Professor and Scientia Fellow inÌýthe City Futures Research Centre. He is also Co-Lead of the City Futures Housing program, and the 91É«ÇéƬ-AHURI Research Centre Director.
Chris's research interests are in rental housing and housing affordability, with special interest in:
- tenancy law;
- the private rental market and related institutions;
- social housing;
- lodging and boarding houses;
- residential parks and land lease communities;
- housing investment and finance;
- housing policy and intergovernmental relations;
- history of housing policy
- international comparative housing studies; and
- intersections between housingÌýand criminal justice.
Chris has led and participated in numerous inquiries and research projects for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI), the Australian Research Council (ARC) and other researchÌýfunders.
Before joining 91É«ÇéƬ in 2015, Chris was the Senior Policy Officer of the Tenants' Union of NSW, and a past Chair of Shelter NSW.Ìý
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Mike Berry Award for Housing Research Excellence (2026)
Chief Investigator, Rental vulnerability in AustraliaÌý(ARC 2025-2028)
Chief Investigator,ÌýLodging houses in Australia: a framework for coherent policy and practiceÌý(AHURI 2025-2026)
Chief Investigator,ÌýEvictions in Australia (ARC 2023-25)
Chief Investigator,ÌýTowards an Australian Housing and Homelessness Strategy: understanding national approaches in policyÌý(AHURI 2022-23)
Chief Investigator,ÌýRegulation of residential tenancies and impacts on investmentÌý(AHURI 2021-22)
Chief Investigator,ÌýExiting prison with complex support needsÌý(AHURI 2019-20)
Chief Investigator,ÌýBoarding houses in New South Wales: growth, change and implications for equitable densityÌý(Shelter NSW, 2018-19)
Chief Investigator,ÌýPoor quality housing: review of evidence (Shelter NSW, 2018-19)
Chief Investigator, Social housing legal responses to crime and disorder (AHURI, 2017-18)
Chief Investigator, Rental Vulnerability IndexÌý(Tenants Queensland, 2017)
Chief Investigator, The changing institutions of private rental housing: an international reviewÌý(AHURI, 2016-17)
Team member, project manager,ÌýThe financialisation of older persons residential parks and rental villagesÌý(ARC, 2021-23)
Team member, Assisting first home buyers: an international reviewÌý(AHURI, 2021-22)
Team member,ÌýRetirement villages: business models, consumer expectations and regulationÌý(AHURI, 2021-22)
Team member,ÌýCOVID-19: rental housing and homelessness policy impacts (91É«ÇéƬ-ACOSS Poverty and Inequality Partnership, 2020-21)
Team member,ÌýFiltering as a source of low-income housing in Australia: conceptualisation and testingÌý(AHURI, 2020-21)
Team member, project manager,ÌýHousing sex offendersÌý(ARC, 2019-21)
Team member,ÌýDemand-side assistance in Australia’s rental housing market (AHURI, 2019-20)
Team member, Social housing as infrastructure: conceptual foundationsÌý(AHURI, 2017-18)
Team member, Technological disruption in private housing markets: the case of AirbnbÌý(AHURI, 2017-18)
Team member, The institutional dynamics of the Australian private rental sector: prospects and opportunitiesÌý(AHURI, 2016-17)
Team member, Developing the scale and capacity of Australia's affordable housing industryÌý(AHURI, 2015-16)
Team member, Investing in disadvantage: the role of investor landlords in restructuring Australia’s major citiesÌý(ARC, 2015-17)