Transforming Housing is a Melbourne action research partnership facilitated by the University of Melbourne, involving local and state government, private and non-profit developers, private and philanthropic investors, and affordable housing advocates. The current focus of the research is on exploring options in terms of better policy and investment mechanisms. Since March 2013, a partnership to increase the amount and quality of affordable housing in metropolitan Melbourne has been developed. The partnership has been initiated through the support of Carlton Connect,  the University of Melbourne’s sustainable development research and technology hub. The partnership has been based on funding and expertise from nine key partners. In recent months, there has been increasing interest from other metropolitan Melbourne local governments and regional alliances of local governments, philanthropic and private investors, and other state/ territory governments in Australia in this partnership.