Submission to the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into affordable housing 20 August 2014: De-risking development of medium density housing to improve housing affordability and boost supply

This submission addresses the problem of housing price inflation, the chronic under-supply of new housing stock, and the resultant decline in housing affordability for low and middle income households. It specifically focusses on the supply of medium density housing (multi-unit development) in Melbourne, although we believe that the observations made about housing in supply in Melbourne are relevant in other urban centres and to other types of housing supply. In terms of medium density housing (MDH) our concern also extends to the poor quality and design. Why the market tends to deliver generic apartments of poor quality and design which are uncompetitive with lower density housing and amenity despite planning objectives, and how this apparently intractable problem can be overcome is the topic of this submission...

Meeting of the Joint Distribution Committee and the Executive Committee of the American Jewish Relief Committee 1918 in New York

Reproduction of a painting of a meeting of the Joint Distribution Committee (representing the American Jewish Relief Committee, the Central Rellief Committee and the People's Relief Committee) and the Executive Committee of the American Jewish Relief Committee, with chairman Felix Warburg, secretary Albert Lucas, stenographer Mrs. F. Friedman, executive director Boris Bogen, comptroller Harriet Lowenstein, associate treasurer Paul Baerwald and treasurer Arthur Lehman; Office of Mr. Felix M. Warburg, 52 William Street, New York

Rabbi Leo Baeck with Willard Johnson of the World Brotherhood and Rabbi S. Andhil Fineberg of the American Jewish Committee, after a dinner honoring Baeck; World Brotherhood; Bonn Portraits Groups; Men

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Group portrait of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; Shanghai Portraits; Groups

Photograph contained within portfolio including title page and signatures

Jewish Historical Committee (Boston, Mass.) minutes, 1947.

Contains the minutes of the Committee, which was sponsored by the Associated Synagogues of Massachusetts, for the purpose of collecting and preserving material concerning the history of Boston Jewry.

American Jewish Committee. Office of Jewish War Records, undated, 1918-1921, 1962.

The records consist of documentation of the American Jewish Committee's project to describe Jewish participation in the United States Armed Forces during World War I. The bulk of the material consists of questionnaires that the AJC sent to servicemen to determine Jewish identity, which contain information on personal identification and details of military service. Responses to the questionnaire come from both Jews and non-Jews. In addition, the collection contains office papers concerning the project and a ledger of manuscripts. The manuscripts document the distribution of records the Office of Jewish War Records collected, as well as list Jews who died or were given military honors.

Notice on the formation of a committee for Mount Sinai Hospital

Notice on Formation of a committee for Mount Sinai Hospital. Form letter. Printed in black ink on white paper.

Names of boys and girls in the K.K.S.I school, March 8, 1795. Report of the School Committee, February 2, 1794

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Appointment of committee to superintend the baking of matzoth

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Report of committee regarding house for Gershom Seixas

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Report of committee of K. K. S. I. on several matters

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Circular by committee of Hebra Hased V'Amet regarding establishment of women's Hebra

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Report of committee to inspect Hebrew school

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Report of committee to make arrangements for matzah baking

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Committee report

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