Precarious housing and wellbeing: a multi-dimensional investigation

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Singles, households with no children, low-income households, private renters and residents of major cities have lower wellbeing when precariously housed compared to when they are not precariously housed.

State of the Nation’s Housing 2021–22

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By household type, the strongest growth in new households is expected from lone person households (595,000), followed by couple families without children (488,000), then couple families with children (361,000).

A Liveability Framework to improve real life impacts for higher density homes

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This framework identifies key liveability and accessibility elements.

Solar Potential of Australian Social Housing Stock

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Australia’s social and community housing could host as much as 1.8 Gigawatts (GW) of rooftop solar, allowing some of Australia’s most vulnerable energy consumers to benefit from the low cost of solar.

Ending homelessness in Australia: An evidence and policy deep dive

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Homelessness is a complex problem. If we are to end it, we need to understand and engage all levers available to us.

Locked-out: generational inequalities of housing tenure and housing type

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The housing market is failing to cater for older and younger generations, according to research.

Database of Australian renters

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Funded by the Australian Research Council and Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, the project reflects the fact renting has moved from being a transitional proposition to something more permanent.

NAHA Policy Options

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NAHA brings together a range of groups representing different perspectives of the housing spectrum.

State of Play Report

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A documentation of the experiences of LGBTIQA+ young people within the homelessness system.

Australia needs a social housing future fund

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The future fund is an important mechanism to address the ongoing decline of Australia’s social housing stock.

Noongar Housing First Principles

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The research was conducted by Sandra Harben at Noongar Mia Mia and were endorsed by the Telethon Kids Institute Ngullar Coorlungar Elder co-researchers.

COVID-19 rental housing and homelessness impacts in Australia

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New research by the ACOSS/UNSW Poverty and Inequality Partnership shows renters on low and modest incomes are in the grip of a housing pincer, especially in regional Australia, as surging rents and the Commonwealth’s neglect of social and affordable housing creates acute stress.

Estimating the population at-risk of homelessness in small areas

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The estimated rate of risk per 10,000 persons for all Australia ranges between 846.9 per 10,000 for SA3 analysis (8.5% of the total population aged 15 years and over) and 1,165 per 10,000 (11.7%) for analysis derived from HILDA.

Ageing well in public housing

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Australia’s ageing housing stock offers a multitude of benefits that will supercharge the emissions reduction.

Barriers in accommodating survivors of modern slavery

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Shelter WA partnered with the Australian Red Cross to undertake an in-depth assessment of the Western Australian accommodation options for Red Cross clients on the Support for Trafficked People Program.

Strong economic benefits from energy efficiency retrofits for low-income homes

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The Deloitte report provides further evidence of the economic benefits of energy efficiency retrofit programs.

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