Exiting prison with complex support needs: the role of housing assistance
Post-release housing assistance is a potentially powerful lever in arresting the imprisonment–homelessness cycle.
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Leaving rehab: enhancing transitions into stable housing
This research presents policy and practice recommendations to enhance the coordination of housing, health and social care supports for individuals leaving residential treatment for mental health or substance use problems.
Evaluation and learning in public housing urban renewal
The report undertaken by researchers from Swinburne University of Technology, University of New South Wales and Monash University analyses how evaluation of public housing renewal is informing policy development and delivery to maximise financial returns and socio-economic outcomes.
Views of Housing in the Economy: Abstract Dreamings or Real Directions?
This report analyses the expert opinions of 87 leading economists and other senior housing market specialists on interrelationships between the housing system, economic performance, and wealth distribution in Australia.
COVID-19 Rental Housing and Homelessness Policy Impacts
This report shows the gains made on reducing homelessness during the pandemic are slipping away and less than a third of those assisted with temporary hotel accommodation during the crisis were later transitioned into longer-term affordable housing.
Poverty, Property and Place
This analysis reveals the impact of the housing market on the ability of low-income households to maintain a decent standard of living.
UNSW Sydney – Strengthening economic cases for housing: the productivity gains from better housing outcomes
The Stage 1 research on Making Better Economic Cases for Housing Policies (Maclennan et al, 2018) examined how a range of outcomes in Sydney’s and Melbourne’s housing markets, including price, location and quality effects, may have a negative feedback effect on productivity and growth in their economies. It stressed that cases presented for new housing policies to address high needs and […]
