Shelter WA Publications: Papers and Reports

Shelter WA also undertakes research and produces reports and papers in response to housing issues and policy.

This includes reports on consultations conducted several times a year in metropolitan Perth and regional Western Australia, as well as other housing policy and research work. Where reports from other organisations are posted, permission has been sought and granted, and Shelter WA supports the substance of the report.

Most of Shelter WA's publications are available free in PDF format by clicking on the links below. However, if you would like us to send paper copies to anywhere in Australia, these will be provided at 15c per page + postage. Contact Shelter WA at shelterwa@shelterwa.org.au or phone + 61 (Australia) 08) 9325 6660


Papers and Reports
2011	Shelter Submission to City of Fremantle Amendment 49 Dec2011 (185kb) Shelter WA Submission City South Perth Dec 2011 (116kb) Perth Metropolitan Homeless Response Workshop Final Report (547kB) Background paper for the Perth Homeless Response Workshop (577kB) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Round Table Report, National Shelter (571kB) (May 2011) State of Affordable Housing, Western Australia 2011, Shelter WA (660kB) (March 2011) Marginal Tenures - A National Picture, Policy paper on boarding houses, caravan parks and other marginal housing tenures, National Shelter (418kB) (March 2011) Submission to the WA Legislative Assembly Community Development and Justice Parliamentary Standing Committee Inquiry Into the Adequacy and Future Directions of Social Housing in Western Australia (627 kB) (January 2011)
2010	Issues from the Henry report on Australia’s future tax system for housing policy, Report prepared by National Shelter, (787 kB) (December 2010) Submission to Directions 2031 and Beyond, Perth and Peel Metropolitan Subregion Planning Consultation Western Australian Planning Commission (150kB) (December 2010) Aboriginal Home Ownership, Shelter WA and Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc.) joint submission to the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), (603kB) (December 2010) Mental Health and Housing, Shelter WA submission to the WA Mental Health Commission (308kB) (September 2010) A Way Forward for Housing Indigenous Peoples in Australia, National Shelter Policy Statement (245kB) (August 2010) Not-for-Profit Community Housing Regulation & Growth Submission (68kB) (04 June 2010) A Better Lease on Life: Improving Australian Tenancy Law, Report prepared for National Shelter by the National Association of Tenant Organisations and Penny Carr and Maria Tennant (1,863kB) (April 2010) Falling Behind: The Growing Gap Between Rent and Rent Assistance 1995-2009, Tenants Union of Victoria, prepared by RMIT University (934kB) (March 2010) Shelter WA Response to the Disruptive Behaviour Management Strategy (January 2010) SWA Disruptive Behaviour Response (242kB)
2009	Shelter WA Response to the Social Housing Taskforce Report Consultation (December 2009) SWA Social Housing Taskforce Response (290kB) Shelter WA Response to the Housing Appeals Mechanism Review (December 2009) Housing Appeals Mechanism Consultation Response (60kB) National Shelter Policy Platform (November 2009) Short Version (233kB) Full Report (631kB) Scoping an Affordable Housing Consumer Reference Group (July 2009) Background Consultation Paper (697kB) Consultation Questions (19kB) FINAL REPORT (370kB) (November 2009) Shelter WA Response to WA Mental Health Planning Consultation (July 2009) (21.5kB) WA Joint Non-Government Response to Consumer Voices Consultation (July 2009) Report (915kB) National Shelter Seniors Housing Consultation (June 2009) Literature Review (390kB) Final Report (290kB) Augusta Margaret River Housing Summit (Feb 2009) Minutes (170kB) Ideas Summary Sheet (83 kB) Department of Housing Community Housing Legislative Framework (Jan 2009) submission (182kB)
2008	Street Survey Homelessness in WA (Oct 2008) (342kB) Homelessness Green Paper SWA Response (June 2008) (160kB) Gaps in Housing and Support for Humanitarian Communities (Apr 2008) (607kB) Best Practice Homeless Strategies for Broome WA (Apr 2008) (340kB) Shelter WA response to the Equal Opportunity Commission (March 2008) (92kB) Senate Housing Affordability Committee response (Mar 2008) (164kB)
2007	Presentation State of Affordable Housing 2007 (Dec 2007) (119kB) Refugee Housing in the South West Metropolitan Area (July 2007) (169kB) Mandurah and Pinjarra Housing Analysis (June 2007) (166kB) Housing Issues in Broome: A Shelter WA Discussion Paper (June 2007) (94kB) Submission to DHW: Review of Housing Service Delivery (April 2007) ( 161kB) No Room in the Boom Briefing Paper (March 2007) (93Kb) A Profile of Homelessness December 2006; Survey 7 (January 2007) (170kB)
2006	State of Affordable Housing in WA 2006, Occasional Paper 2006-1 (November 2006) (275kb) Annual Report 2005-6 (November 2006) (108kb) Presentation on the State of Affordable Housing WA 2006 (34kb) Scoping the Capacity of Indigenous Community Housing Organisations (October 2006) (190kB) Shelter WA Submission to Housing Strategy WA (March 2006) (143kB) Mandurah Discussion Paper (May 2006) (223kB) Boarding and Lodging Houses: Submission to Housing Strategy WA (March 2006) (33kB) Submission: First Home Owners Grant Review (February 2006) (41kB) Report: Housing Strategy WA Consultation with tenants (February 2006) (66kB) Regional Housing Analysis: Housing in Hedland (February 2006) (248kB)
2005	Report: Housing Strategy WA Consultation in Mandurah (December 2005) (98kB) The Boarding House System in Metropolitan Perth: Shelter WA Occasional Paper 2005-2 (December 2005) (111kB) Financial Workforce Disincentives in Public Housing : Shelter WA Occasional Paper 2005-1 (November 2005) (310kB) Submission: State Tax Review (October 2005) (35kB) Final Report: Good Neighbour Policy (September 2005) (84kB) Final Report: Homeswest Under-Occupancy (September 2005) (103kB) Discussion Paper: Community Forums on Hedland's Housing Needs (August 2005) (202kB) A Profile of Homelessness: Survey 6 (August 2005) (66kB) Discussion Paper: Homeswest Under Occupancy (March 2005) (138kB) Final Report: Shelter WA / WACOSS Pre Election Housing Forum (February 2005) (219kB) Shelter WA Submission to Network City (January 2005) (130kB) Discussion Paper: Pre Election Housing Forum (January 2005) (350kB) Annual Report 2004/2005 (281kB)
2004	No Place Like Home: Homelessness in Western Australia (December 2004) (291kB) Regional Housing Analysis Kalgoorlie-Boulder (November 2004) (412kB) The State of Affordable Housing in Western Australia, 2004: Shelter WA Occasional Paper 2004-2 (September 2004) (262kB) Kalgoorlie Housing Forum Discussion Paper (July 2004) (236kB) Women and Adequate Housing (July 2004) (654kB) Homeless: In the City? A brief overview of Counting the Homeless 2001 - Western Australia (July 2004) (143kB) Social Housing in Perth's Western Suburbs: Do We Need It? Presentation to the 2004 WACOSS Conference (June 2004) (158kB) CSHA WA Bilateral Agreement (June 2004 )(355kB) A Profile of Homelessness: Survey 5 (June 2004) (202kB) Workforce Disincentives in Public Housing: Shelter WA Occasional Paper 2004-1 (March 2004) (167kB) But Where Will the Cleaner Live?: Final Report on the Busselton and Margaret River Housing Forums (January 2004) (510kB) Annual Report 2003/2004 (475kB)
2003	Experiencing Homelessness in WA: Shelter WA Occasional Paper 2003-4 (December 2003) ( 136kB) Housing Indigenous People in Regional WA: Notes on Shelter WA Community Forum held on 24/9/03 (October 2003) (119kB) New Living - Urban Renewal in Public Housing in Perth:Shelter WA Occasional Paper 2003-3 (September 2003) (184kB) The State of Affordable Housing in WA 2003: Shelter WA Occasional Paper 2003-2 (August 2003) (331kB) Shelter WA Presentation to Senate Inquiry Into Poverty (July 2003)(76kB) Meeting Youth Housing Needs in Broome Through Collaborative Practice : Consultants Final Report (June 2003) (583kB) Housing Strategy WA: Youth Housing Issues Paper (June 2003) (305kB) Report on Shelter WA's Fourth Homelessness Survey (June 2003) (199kB). Homeswest Policy Changes Resulting from the Shelter WA Debt Report (June 2003) (151kB) Submission to the Equal Opportunity Commission Investigation Into The Provision Of Public Housing To Aboriginal People In Western Australia (May 2003 107kB) Shelter WA / CHCWA / TAS Critique of the Brisbane Housing Company Model (April 2003) (145kB) New Options for Affordable Housing: Shelter WA Occasional Paper 2003-1 (April 2003) (97kB) DHW Rent Amalgamation Consultation Paper (January 2003) (239kB) Shelter WA Preliminary Comments on DHW Rent Amalgamation Consultation Paper (January 2003) (148kB) Draft Terms of Reference for the Affordable Housing, Access & Equity and Homeswest Operational Standing Committees (January 2003) (149kB) DHW Absentee Tenant Minimum Rent Policy Consultation Paper (January 2003) (112kB)
2002	A Balanced Act 2: Shelter WA's Submission to the Second Stage of the Statutory Review of the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (WA) (December 2002) (222kB) Draft Options Paper: Review of the Standing Committee Structure of the Housing Advisory Committee (November 2002) (95kB) A Profile of Households Experiencing Homelessness in WA: Third in a series of four surveys (October 2002) (234kB) Shelter WA / TAS RTA Forum (October 2002) (94kB) The State of Affordable Housing in WA 2002: Shelter WA Occasional Paper 2002-2 (August 2002) (102kB) A Profile of Households Experiencing Homelessness in WA: Second of a series of four surveys (July 2002) (306kB) The Future of the CSHA: Shelter WA Occasional Paper 2002-1 (June 2002) (83kB) Youth Housing and Social Exclusion in WA: Final Report Youth Housing Forum (May 2002) (70kB) Midland - Boomtown for Whom?: Final Report Midland Housing Forums (November 2001 / April 2002) (366kB) Shelter WA / TAS RTA Forum (April 2002) (37kB) A Balanced Act: Shelter WA's Submission to the Review of the Residential Tenancies Act (April 2002) (164kB) Debt Policy Review (March 2002) (278kB) Annual Report 2001/2002 (497kB) Constitution (90kB) Information / Membership Brochure (524kB)
2001	Homelessness Forum (December 2001): Report (48kB) Review of the Parry – Strommen ‘New Living’ Report (December 2001) (43kB) Shelter WA Submission to the Homelessness Taskforce Interim Report (incl the Final Report, November 2001) (518kB) Increasing Affordable Rental Housing Stock in WA: Shelter WA Occasional Paper 2001-2 (November 2001) (78kB) Homelessness Forum (September 2001): Notes (179kB) CSHA Forums (August 2001) (222kB) An Overview of Government Housing Services in WA (August 2001) (279kB) A Profile of Homelessness in WA (August 2001) (103kB) Shelter WA Submission to the Homelessness Taskforce Issues Paper (incl the Issues Paper, August 2001) (582kB) Shelter WA / CHCWA RTA Forum (July 2001)(49kB) The State of Housing in the West Kimberley: Final Report on Shelter WA Housing Forums in Broome and Derby (June 2001) (722kB) Horizontal Equity and Rent Assistance: Shelter WA Occasional Paper 2001-1 (June 2001) (46kB) Mental Health Housing Forum: Final Report: (May 2001) (388kB) Bankruptcy Policy Review (April 2001) (88kB) Pre Election Forum (February 2001): Discussion Paper (100kB) and Final Report (28kB) Annual Report 2000/2001 (166kB) Strategic Plan (18kB)
2000	Redevelopment of Public Housing Estates: Shelter WA Occasional Paper 2000-1 (October 2000) (129kB) Albany Housing Forum (August 2000) (41kB) Urban Renewal: A Conference on Redevelopment of Public Housing (June 2000) (515kB) Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Communities Housing Forum (May 2000) (53kB) Review of the Homeswest Appeals Mechanism - Volume 1: Major Findings, Evaluation & Recommendations (March 2000) (374kB) Review of the Homeswest Appeals Mechanism - Volume 2: Findings in Full (March 2000) (374kB) Housing for Sustainable Communities: The State of Housing in Western Australia (February 2000) (481kB) Home Finance Advisory Committee Research Report: Report to HFAC and Keystart (January 2000) (191kB) Community Organisations Report on Housing In WA for the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (January 2000) (107kB) Annual Report 1999/2000 (64kB)
Prior to 2000	Social Housing Cartoon Kit - some sample cartoons (zip 84kB) and information 29kB) Report: Centrelink Direct Debit Scheme Survey (December 1999) (122kB) Geraldton Housing Forum (June 1999) (45kB) Submission on a New Tax System: The Effects on Public, Community and Private Housing (January 1999) (178kB) Kalgoorlie Housing Forum (October 1998) (101kB) Submission to the Ministry of Housing Taskforce (September 1998) (112kB) Bunbury Housing Forum (May 1998) (30kB) Homeswest Further Assistance Policy and Headleasing to Community Agencies (November 1997) (159kB) Shelter WA / TAS Submission to Economic Impact Assessment of Letting Fees in WA (August 1997) (519kB) Shelter WA Submission to Senate Inquiry into Housing Assistance (May 1997) (132kB) Evictions Report: Final Report of the Evictions Project (October 1996) (185kB) Housing Issues for Aboriginal People in the Kalgoorlie Region (October 1995) (76kB) CSHA Reform Consumer Consultation: WA Report (June 1995) (144kB) Migrant Access Project: Final Report (October 1993) (166kB) Securing Shelter: Strategies for Migrant Housing (August 1992) (1651kB) Annual Report 1998/1999 (108kB)