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Simon Pinnegar is an experienced senior researcher specializing in metropolitan planning, urban regeneration, and affordable housing policy. He leads the Centre's current initiatives on housing markets, focusing on public housing estate renewals and conducting longitudinal analyses of regeneration projects, particularly in Bonnyrigg, which includes tracking resident outcomes related to New South Wales’s housing public-private partnership programs. Simon is also a chief investigator for the ARC Linkage project titled 'Implementing Metropolitan Strategies,' which addresses housing demand, as well as an ARC Discovery Project that explores the drivers of suburban reinvestment and the knockdown rebuild process. His research is complemented by teaching at the Masters Planning course and supervising six PhD students. Simon has been actively involved in various AHURI projects over the years, including housing affordability for lower-income Australians and initiatives for shared equity and homeownership in Australia. He has a strong background in the analytical support of government research commissions and national evaluations related to housing market analysis and urban regeneration.
Department of Communities and Local Government • UK
Worked on housing, urban policy, and sustainable communities.
UNSW-UWS AHURI Research Centre • Australia
Led AHURI projects focused on housing affordability and policy initiatives.
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